But the White House isnât pushing for such a treaty, in part because senior officials know it would never pass. Congress approved more than 1,500 treaties in the first 200 years of the U.S. governmentâs existence, a number so large that some White House officials might be tempted to test their luck with the Iran talks.
Updated April 14, 2017. Quipu is the Spanish form of the Inca (Quechua language) word khipu, a unique form of ancient communication and information storage used by the Inca Empire, their competition and their predecessors in South America. Scholars believe that quipus record information in the same way as a cuneiform tablet or a painted symbol on papyrus do.
Atahualpa was the last of the native lords of the mighty Inca Empire, which spanned parts of present-day Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia.He had just defeated his brother Huascar in a violent civil war when Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro arrived in the Andes.his argument was very weak â the Inca did not care who was older, any son of Huayna Capac could have been king â but it sufficed. By 1572 there was a complete smear campaign in place against Atahualpa, who was called a cruel tyrant and worse.