Definitions for mit'a
mit'a

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1. Mit'a

   Mit'a (Quechua pronunciation: [ˈmɪˌtʼa]) was mandatory service in the society of the Inca Empire. Its close relative, the regionally mandatory Minka is still in use in Quechua communities today and known as faena in Spanish. Historians use the Hispanicized term mita to differentiate the system as it was modified and intensified by the Spanish colonial government, creating the encomienda system. Mit'a was effectively a form of tribute to the Inca government in the form of labor, i.e. a corvée. Tax labor accounted for much of the Inca state tax revenue; beyond that, it was used for the construction of the road network, bridges, agricultural terraces, and fortifications in ancient Peru. Military service was also mandatory. All citizens who could perform labor were required to do so for a set number of days out of a year (the basic meaning of the word mit'a is a regular turn or a season). The Inca Empire's wealth meant a family often needed only 65 days to farm; the rest of the year was devoted entirely to the mit'a. A relative of the Mit'a (federal work) is the modern Quechua system of Minka or faena, which is mostly applied at small-scale villages. The Minka was adopted during the 1960s on large-scale federal projects of Peru.

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1. Mit'a

   Mit'a was mandatory public service in the society of the Inca Empire. Historians use the hispanicized term mita to differentiate the system as it was modified and intensified by the Spanish colonial government.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mit'a in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mit'a in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of mit'a in a Sentence

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References

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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mit'A
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