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Much of the terrain of the Inca Empire was mountainous. How did this affect crop growing in empire?

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Growing crops on mountainous terrain can make farming very difficult. This kind of problem is what started the idea of terraced gardens where parts of the mountain were flattened out kind of like steps in order to increase surface area and make it easier to farm.
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