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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 Hiram Bingham, an American explorer, was told that ancient Inca ruins were located on a high mountain ridge. He and his assistant climbed up the trail, and within just a few hours, made one of the most spectacular archaeological discoveries in history.
#2 The Incas had a capital city called Vilcabamba, which was located in the eastern part of their empire. It was a rebel kingdom that fought against the Spanish invaders.
#3 Bingham had always been determined to climb social and financial ladders. When he was twelve, he and a friend decided to run away from home. They bought a boat ticket and a new suit of clothes, stuffing everything into a suitcase. They planned to somehow make their way to New York City, find a job as a newsboy, and then go to Africa.
#4 On July 24, 1911, Bingham and his two companions reached a small hut on a ridgetop 2,500 feet above the valley floor. The setting was magnificent: Bingham had a 360 degree view of the adjacent jungle-covered mountain peaks and clouds.

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Latin America

South America

América del Sur

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	08 mars 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781669351719
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Insights on Kim MacQuarrie's The Last Days of the Incas
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Hiram Bingham, an American explorer, was told that ancient Inca ruins were located on a high mountain ridge. He and his assistant climbed up the trail, and within just a few hours, made one of the most spectacular archaeological discoveries in history.

#2

The Incas had a capital city called Vilcabamba, which was located in the eastern part of their empire. It was a rebel kingdom that fought against the Spanish invaders.

#3

Bingham had always been determined to climb social and financial ladders. When he was twelve, he and a friend decided to run away from home. They bought a boat ticket and a new suit of clothes, stuffing everything into a suitcase. They planned to somehow make their way to New York City, find a job as a newsboy, and then go to Africa.

#4

On July 24, 1911, Bingham and his two companions reached a small hut on a ridgetop 2,500 feet above the valley floor. The setting was magnificent: Bingham had a 360 degree view of the adjacent jungle-covered mountain peaks and clouds.

#5

I was not unduly excited, nor in a great hurry to move. The heat was still great, the water from the Indian’s spring was cool and delicious, and the view was simply enchanting.

#6

In 1573, Bingham discovered the ruins of Machu Picchu, which were rumored to be the final refuge of the Incas. However, some scholars doubted his findings, saying that the citadel could not be the final stronghold of the Incas as described in the chronicles.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

On April 21, 1536, the Spanish conquistadors consolidated their gains and installed a puppet Inca ruler. They had stolen the Incas’ women, dominion over millions, and sent a massive amount of Inca gold and silver back to Spain.

#2

In 1532, Francisco Pizarro, with a force of only 68 soldiers, captured the Inca king, Atahualpa. Pizarro was a tough, unemotional man who was well suited for the conquest of the New World.

#3

The city of Trujillo, which was the hometown of Francisco Pizarro, was divided into three sections. The first section was on top of a hill, where the nobility lived. The second section was on flat land, where the merchants and craftsmen lived. The third section was on the outer periphery, where the peasants and artisans lived.

#4

Columbus’s Letter, or Carta, was a fantastic account of the discovery of a new world where riches could be plucked like ripe fruit. It fired the imagination of Francisco Pizarro, who was already aware that his future on his native peninsula would probably be bleak.

#5

The class system in Spain was very rigid. Those at the top, the dukes, marquis, and earls, owned vast estates on which peasants worked. Those at the bottom, the peasants, artisans, and generally speaking, all those who had to perform manual labor, remained in the same class to which they were born.

#6

Francisco Pizarro, the son of a conquistador, rose to become one of the most important landowners in the new city of Panama. He had received an encomienda of 150 Indians on the island of Taboga, just off the Pacific coast, and sold their labor and tribute to ships as ballast.

#7

By the early 1520s, Francisco Pizarro had gathered enough wealth to purchase the equivalent of a manorial estate. He used some of that wealth to acquire various titles and pedigrees, which increased his social status, and he hired a stable of servants. He then retired to a life of luxury.

#8

The majority of Spaniards who traveled to the New World were not professional soldiers, but rather private citizens hoping to get rich. They were led by an older conquistador who had the most experience, and each member was entitled to a share of the future plunder.

#9

Diego de Almagro was a marauder who joined Pizarro’s Company of the Levant in 1524. He and Pizarro sailed south to the unexplored regions along the Southern Sea, where they met their future partner.

#10

The first proof that the Spaniards had found a native kingdom was when they captured a seagoing raft full of plunder. The Spanish ship, with its cargo of stolen goods, was then rejoined by Pizarro.

#11

When the relief ships finally arrived, the Spaniards made ready to abandon the expedition. However, only 13 men chose to continue with Pizarro, and they would become known as the men of Gallo. The rest returned to Panama and gave up on the quest for Biru.

#12

When the orejón returned to shore, he was greeted by Alonso de Molina and a black slave, the first Europeans and Africans to set foot in Peru.

#13

When Pizarro and his men landed in Peru, they were greeted by a crowd of local residents who were excited to see the explorers. The two men who had brought the food and water were given gifts of gold and silver, and Pizarro took possession of the land for the emperor, Castile, and the royal crown.

#14

When Pizarro returned to Spain in 1501, he brought news of the riches of the New World. He also brought two native boys, whom he intended to train as interpreters for future expeditions. Pizarro was worried that other Spaniards might try to take advantage of his expedition and steal its riches.

#15

In 1528, Francisco Pizarro, who had conquered the Aztec Empire seven years earlier, came to lobby the king. He brought with him three native Amerindians who had learned Spanish quickly, and he asked for an audience with the king.

#16

In 1529, King Charles V of Spain gave Pizarro a royal license to conquer and settle Peru. The queen made it very clear that he was to be their governor and captain general, and was to be paid from the royal income.

#17

Pizarro recruited a group of young, well-armed entrepreneurs to join his expedition. He needed to find a large group of them, as it was critical that he secured all the necessary supplies for the expedition before arriving in the New World.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

When Pizarro arrived in Tumbez, the Inca Empire was already in decline. The Incas were a small ethnic group that originated from a region far to the south in the valley of Cuzco. They had gradually been conquering or intermarrying with their neighbors, developing a small state, and then suddenly launching a series of military campaigns across the Andes and on the coast.

#2

The first Peruvian kingdom was that of the Moche, which existed from about 100 to 800 A. D. Their society was based upon the support of a large agricultural population and a small ruling class.

#3

The Kingdom of the Incas, which was centered around the valley of Cuzco, began to expand in the fifteenth century. The Incas were few in number and politically divided, so they were easy targets.

#4

The Inca king on the throne at the time, Viracocha Inca, was already quite elderly. Rather than fight, he chose to flee the capital, holing up in a fortress and basically abandoning his kingdom. One of his sons, Cusi Yupanqui, took the initiative and made alliances with nearby ethnic groups.

#5

When Pachacuti died, he had an empire. He had created a conquest enterprise that subjugated new provinces, determined the number of tax-paying peasants, and installed an Inca governor. He then left an administration in place that was in charge of collecting taxes and supervising the new province.

#6

The Inca Empire was the largest in the Americas, and its expansion was almost complete by the time Huayna Capac took the throne. He limited his own military campaigns to securing the empire’s borders and pacifying the last rebellious tribes in the north.

#7

The smallpox that killed Huayna Capac and his heir two years later also spread through the Inca Empire, devastating it and leading to a brutal war of succession that threatened to destroy it.

#8

The Inca Empire was a monarchy in which the power to rule passed from father to son. The Inca formula for dynastic succession allowed for the most able candidate to rise to the top. If an emperor designated an heir, there was no guarantee of a smooth transition.

#9

Atahualpa and Huascar, the two brothers, had different mothers, which made them part of separate royal descent groups. They had been competing for supremacy and power over several generations. When Atahualpa’s father died, he decided to take over the empire.

#10

The final battle of the civil war was fought at Cuzco, and Atahualpa’s generals successfully captured and executed Huascar. The Inca emperor then had Huascar’s wives and children executed, and had their remains hung from the city walls.

#11

Atahualpa, the Inca king, was curious about the strangers who had intruded into his empire. He had heard reports about them for the last several months, and he wanted to see them for himself. He lifted up the gilded skull of his former enemy, Atoq, the Fox, took a drink from its rim of gold and bone, and turned his attention to the more pressing matters at hand.
Insights from Chapter 4