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← HistoryWhich systemic error was a risk in the Inca empire when incomplete quipu data informed agricultural planning?
A)Famine from misallocated seed stores✓
B)Erosion from terrace misconstruction
C)Flooding from poorly planned aqueducts
D)Rebellion caused by tax inequity
💡 Explanation
Inefficient agricultural planning occurred because the quipu-based census underestimated needs; this data then informed the food redistribution system, triggering SYSTEMIC UNDERESTIMATION FAILURE resulting in empty granaries therefore causing famine, rather than simple localized crop failure linked to individual terraces.
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