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Clip from The Time Compass  |  Season 1  |  Episode 20  |  NITV  |  July 6, 2017

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With such a huge empire the Incas needed to keep accounts - but their methods were mysterious and similar to modern computing.

With such a huge empire the Incas needed to keep accounts - but their methods were mysterious and similar to modern computing.

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