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   \ssection Feudalism;;;
     \sssection Economics---Serfdom, effectively a form of slavery, was the backbone of feudalism. Knights and local rulers would pass around stakes of land, which at their core were valuable as farming land. Serfs were farmers on this land who created the wealth for their local lords, in turn ``providing protection from others,'' but serfs had few freedoms, often forced to stay in one ``manor'' for a lifetime;;;
     \sssection Environment---feudalism, because the manor system required that serfs stayed in one place and only allowed that lords could move freely. This transformed Europe into farmland and otherwise eliminated development of the land (like roads or pollutive manufacturing);;;
-    \sssection Social Interaction and Technology---stagnant, disconnected peasants weren't able to generate innovation or invention, so very little new wealth was produced (tech didn't even spread from the nearby developing regions of Abbasid Spain or East Asia);;;
-    \sssection Governance---the only factor not controlled by a hierarchy of local lords was the Catholic Church. A quasi-empire formed controlled by the pope that limited German kings' influence and commenced re-centralization of Europe; clergy discouraged the feudal system as they became more successful.;;;
+    \sssection Social Interaction and Technology---stagnant, disconnected peasants didn't generate innovation or invention, so very little new wealth was produced (tech didn't even spread from the nearby developing regions of Abbasid Spain or East Asia);;;
+    \sssection Governance---the only factor not controlled by a hierarchy of local lords was the Catholic Church. A quasi-empire formed controlled by the pope that limited German kings' influence and commenced re-centralization of Europe; clergy discouraged the feudal system as they became more successful;;;
 \section Americas;;;
-  \ssection Environment---;;;
-  \ssection Aztecs;;;
-    \sssection Tribute System
-  \ssection Incas;;;
-    \sssection Ayllu
-    \sssection Khipu (Tech)
-    \sssection Mita (Economic systems)
+  \ssection Environment---the Aztecs and Incas both built massive cities and wide-reaching infrastructure (such as transportation networks and satellite towns);;;
+  \ssection Culture---Both practiced forms of state-building that were related to family structures because without domesticable animals, labor required hard work by people and not just administration of livestock;;;
+  \ssection Aztecs---A Mesoamerican empire based on large family systems and efficient barter economics; a centre of power that formed Mexico;;;
+    \sssection Tribute System (Economics and Governance)---Provinces and vassals paid tribute to the emperor, directly in goods because no credit or money existed. This promoted urbanization;;;
+  \ssection Incas---A central American empire over Peru with a very efficient bureaucracy and well-networked society developing into large landholdings and significant goods production;;;
+    \sssection Ayllu (Society)---Extended family groups providing local governance and efficient exploitation of land as well as organizing large-scale Mita programs with a tribute-style responsibility of these groups;;;
+    \sssection Khipu (Tech)---Knotted colored cords which transmitted and recorded information like population counts or tributes. These created the high degree of organization and scalability (because the knots were easily transported by messengers) of the Incas;;;
+    \sssection Mita (Economic systems)---Systemic service to the Incan emperor for development of infrastructure and empirical groundwork (soldiers, messengers) or any other large-scale project of the government; it took advantage of surplus labor created by agricultural abundance (stabilized with storehouses);;;
 
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