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.
The Incas invented a way of recording things on a system of knotted strings called a quipu. Strings of various colors with single, double, or triple knots tied in them hung from a horizontal cord. The colors of the strings and the number, size, and position of the knots provided detailed information on such things as food supplies and llama numbers. The quipu was also used to record the census (population count) and for taxation purposes. A quipu could only be read by an official called a quipucamayoc.