The following two quotes are accounts of indigenous leaders in the Americas.

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The following two quotes are accounts of indigenous leaders in the Americas. – Q/A (Question and Answer)

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The first is about the Aztec emperor. The second is about the Incan ruler. Use these excerpts to answer the question that follows: “There were many…grandees around the monarch, some of whom held the canopy over his head, while others again occupied the road before him, and spread cotton cloths on the ground that his feet might not touch the bare earth. No one of his suite ever looked at him full in the face; everyone in his presence stood with eyes downcast.” “The court was filled with Indian nobles, dressed in gaily ornamented attire, in attendance on the monarch…. His dress was simpler than that of his attendants. But he wore on his head the crimson borla or fringe, which, surrounding the forehead, hung down as low as the eyebrow. This was the well-known badge of Peruvian sovereignty [royalty].” Based on the two passages, how did the Inca emperor and the Aztec emperor compare?

Answer:

The Inca emperor was more ordinary.

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