World History
- Atahualpa - Incan Emperor
Atahualpa - Incan EmperorThe last independent ruler of the vast Inca Empire, Atahualpa Inca was seized by the forces of Francisco Pizarro in Cajamarca, Peru, on November 16, 1532. He was held prisoner pending payment of an enormous ransom, and after the...
- Francisco Pizarro
Francisco PizarroRanking with Hernán Cortés as one of the most ruthless and effective of all the Spanish conquistadores, Francisco Pizarro was the principal force behind the conquest of Peru and subjugation of the Inca Empire in the 1530s. Along...
- Francisco De Toledo - Spanish Viceroy Of Peru
The most important reformer of Spanish administration in the newly conquered Andean highlands during the early colonial period, Francisco de Toledo, in his capacity as viceroy of Peru (1569–81), was instrumental in the transition from the violence...
- Machu Picchu: How They Kept The Secret
Machu Picchu: How They Kept the Secret. This site features an Incan expert who explores the riddle of how the center of Inca culture was hidden from Spanish conquistadores. Wikipedia notes that Machu Pichu is a "well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin...
- Engineering The Inca Road System: Smithsonian Exhibit
How did the Inca build their intricate system of roads through the treacherous Andes? A new exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian attempts to answer that question. According to Smithsonian's online magazine, the...
World History
Puruchuco Fallen Inca Warriors
This is a nice and relatively short video I found on YouTube.
The description, "In the barren outlying foothills of the Peruvian capital Lima, fallen Inca warriors speak from shallow graves. An international team of scientists led by Peruvian archaeologist Guillermo Cock has uncovered the remains of Inca casualties from the 1536 Siege of Lima uprising, among them the first gunshot victim ever found from the Conquest era. For the first time, physical skeletal remains reveal the brutally violent historic transition from Inca imperial rule to the Spanish Colonial era."
- Atahualpa - Incan Emperor
Atahualpa - Incan EmperorThe last independent ruler of the vast Inca Empire, Atahualpa Inca was seized by the forces of Francisco Pizarro in Cajamarca, Peru, on November 16, 1532. He was held prisoner pending payment of an enormous ransom, and after the...
- Francisco Pizarro
Francisco PizarroRanking with Hernán Cortés as one of the most ruthless and effective of all the Spanish conquistadores, Francisco Pizarro was the principal force behind the conquest of Peru and subjugation of the Inca Empire in the 1530s. Along...
- Francisco De Toledo - Spanish Viceroy Of Peru
The most important reformer of Spanish administration in the newly conquered Andean highlands during the early colonial period, Francisco de Toledo, in his capacity as viceroy of Peru (1569–81), was instrumental in the transition from the violence...
- Machu Picchu: How They Kept The Secret
Machu Picchu: How They Kept the Secret. This site features an Incan expert who explores the riddle of how the center of Inca culture was hidden from Spanish conquistadores. Wikipedia notes that Machu Pichu is a "well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin...
- Engineering The Inca Road System: Smithsonian Exhibit
How did the Inca build their intricate system of roads through the treacherous Andes? A new exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian attempts to answer that question. According to Smithsonian's online magazine, the...