The Incas - Empire of Blood and Gold

Carmen Bernand

Thames & Hudson

2007

191 páginas

6h 22m

ISBN-1: 0

When Francisco Pizarro disembarked in Peru in 1532 he found a vast empire seemingly overflowing with gold and silver. Ruled by monarchs claiming direct descent from the sun itself, its inhabitants built roads, bridges and terraced fields in the precipitous Andes, and made brilliant textiles and dazzling jewelry - all without possessing writing or the wheel. But within a few short months the empire had been conquered and its subjects killed or enslaved. The Incas tells the story of this magnificent civilization, from its earliest origins to its bloody demise.