A connection to Inca history

I recently came across this article about an Incan communication method, using knotted strings (called khipu), that is theorized to be a 7 digit binary system. Might be a good extension article for students to read once they are comfortable with the binary system. It’s a good connection to Latin American history and the possibility that other civilizations had these ideas before they were conceptualized in Computer Science.

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