7. **Offerings and Sacrifices**: The Incas made offerings t…

7. **Offerings and Sacrifices**: The Incas made offerings to their deities, which could include food, coca leaves, textiles, and gold (since gold was not valued as money but was considered "the sweat of the sun"). Occasionally, in times of significant calamity or celebration, human sacrifices (especially children, known as capa cocha) could occur, though this was less common than animal sacrifices or offerings of goods.