Explain what the quipu was and how it was used. what was its drawback?

answer: the quipu was a system of knotted strings used by the inca people for keeping records. while the quipu can remember time and dates, it cannot substitute writing. a kings time period may be written, but his name is not. a general may give a mnemonic to a messenger, but the messenger has to remember the message himself. the quipu, in order to be fully effective, must have a witness from the past to show who and what was apart of each specific time period.

lancelot said to the beautiful ellen i c u r a b u t l n (i see you are a beauty lancelot was the greatest and worst of the knights who became the king's champion and undertook quests in the king's name. he became the adulterous lover of queen guinevere, and they had a son named galahad.

the border between arizona and new mexico is a thin, black line; this indicates a state boundary.

its correct: it's a thin line, and it's a state boundary, correct