{"product_id":"royal-commentaries-of-the-incas-and-general-history-of-peru-part-one-paperback-softback-9780292770386","title":"Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru, Part One (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292770386","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRoyal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru, Part One\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHarold V. Livermore (Translated by),  (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292770386\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 1987\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e704 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.3 cm, 0.966 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Garcilaso de la Vega, the first native of the New World to attain importance as a writer in the Old, was born in Cuzco in 1539, the illegitimate son of a Spanish cavalier and an Inca princess. Although he was educated as a gentleman of Spain and won an important place in Spanish letters, Garcilaso was fiercely proud of his Indian ancestry and wrote under the name EI Inca. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoyal Commentaries of the Incas\u003c\/i\u003e is the account of the origin, growth, and destruction of the Inca empire, from its legendary birth until the death in 1572 of its last independent ruler. For the material in Part One of Royal Commentaries-the history of the Inca civilization prior to the arrival of the Spaniards-Garcilaso drew upon \"what I often heard as a child from the lips of my mother and her brothers and uncles and other elders . . . [of] the origin of the Inca kings, their greatness, the grandeur of their empire, their deeds and conquests, their government in peace and war, and the laws they ordained so greatly to the advantage of their vassals.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The conventionalized and formal history of an oral tradition, \u003ci\u003eRoyal Commentaries\u003c\/i\u003e describes the gradual imposition of order and civilization upon a primitive and barbaric world. To this Garcilaso adds facts about the geography and the flora and fauna of the land; the folk practices, religion, and superstitions; the agricultural and the architectural and engineering achievements of the people; and a variety of other information drawn from his rich store of traditional knowledge, personal observation, or speculative philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Important though it is as history, Garcilaso's classic is much more: it is also a work of art. Its gracious and graceful style, skillfully translated by Harold V. Livermore, succeeds in bringing to life for the reader a genuine work of literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part One covers the history of the Incas up to the arrival of the Spanish. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Foreword by Arnold J. Toynbee \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction by Harold V. Livermore \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part One. Royal Commentaries of the Incas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e To the Most Serene Princess \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface to the Reader \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes on the General Language of the Indians of Peru \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book One \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I. Whether there are many worlds\u003cbr\u003e it also treats of the five zones \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e II. Whether there are antipodes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. How the New World was discovered \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IV. The derivation of the name Peru \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e V. Authorities in confirmation of the name Peru \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VI. What a certain author says about the name Peru \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VII. Of other derivations of new names \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VIII. The description of Peru \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IX. The idolatry of the Indians and the gods they worshipped before the Incas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e X. The great variety of other gods they had \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XI. The kinds of sacrifices they made \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XII. The life and government of the ancient Indians, and the things they ate \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIII. How they dressed in those ancient times \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIV. Different kinds of marriage and diverse languages\u003cbr\u003e their use of poison and spells \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XV. The origin of the Inca kings of Peru \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVI. The foundation of Cuzco, the imperial city \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVII. The people subdued by the first Inca Manco CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVIII. On some fabulous accounts of the origin of the Incas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIX. The author’\u003cbr\u003es declaration about his history \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XX. The villages the first Inca ordered to be founded \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXI. The Inca’\u003cbr\u003es teachings to his vassals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXII. The honorable insignia that the Inca gave to his followers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIII. Other more honorable insignia and the name Inca \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIV. The names and titles the Indians gave to their kings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXV. The testament and death of the Inca Manco CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVI. The royal names and their meanings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Two \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I. The idolatry of the second period and its origin \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e II. The Incas glimpsed the true God, our Lord \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. The Incas kept a in a sacred place \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IV. Of many gods wrongly attributed to the Indians by the Spanish historians \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e V. Of many other meanings of the word Huaca \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VI. What an author says about their gods \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VII. They apprehended the immortality of the soul and the universal resurrection \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VIII. The things they sacrificed to the Sun \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IX. The priests, rites and ceremonies, and laws attributed to the first Inca \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e X. The author compares what he has said with the statements of the Spanish historians \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XI. They divided the empire into four districts\u003cbr\u003e they made a census of their subjects \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XII. Two duties performed by the decurions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIII. On certain laws the Incas had in their government \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIV. The decurions gave an account of births and deaths \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XV. The Indians deny that an Inca of the blood royal has ever committed any crime \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVI. The life and deeds of Sinchi Roca, the second Inca king \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVII. Lloque Yupanqui, the third ruler, and the meaning of his name \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVIII. Two conquests made by the Inca Lloque Yupanqui \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIX. The conquest of Hatun Colla and the pride of the Collas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XX. The great province of Chucuitu peacefully reduced\u003cbr\u003e and many other provinces likewise \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXI. The sciences known to the Incas: first, astrology \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXII. They understood the measurement of the year, and the solstices and equinoxes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIII. They observed eclipses of the sun, and what they did at eclipses of the moon \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIV. The medicines they had and their way of curing themselves \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXV. The medicinal herbs they used \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVI. Their knowledge of geometry, geography, arithmetic, and music \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVII. The poetry of Inca amautas, or philosophers, and harauicus, or poets \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVIII. The few instruments used by the Indians for their crafts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Three \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I. Maita CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac, the fourth Inca, conquers Tiahuanaco\u003cbr\u003e the buildings there \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e II. Hatunpacassa is reduced and Cac-Yaviri conquered \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. Those who surrendered are pardoned\u003cbr\u003e the explanation of the fable \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IV. Three provinces are reduced and others conquered\u003cbr\u003e colonies are established\u003cbr\u003e those who use poison are punished \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e V. The Inca gains three provinces and wins a hard-fought battle \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VI. Those of Huaichu surrender\u003cbr\u003e they are courteously pardoned \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VII. Many towns are reduced\u003cbr\u003e the Inca orders the construction of a bridge of osiers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VIII. Many tribes are reduced voluntarily to submission by fame of the bridge \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IX. The Inca gains many other great provinces, and dies in peace \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e X. CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac Yupanqui, the fifth king, wins many provinces in Cuntisuyu \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XI. The conquest of the Aimaras [Umasuyu]\u003cbr\u003e they forgive the curacas\u003cbr\u003e they place landmarks on their boundaries \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XII. The Inca sends an army to conquer the Quechuas\u003cbr\u003e they agree to submit \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIII. They conquer many valleys on the seacoast, and punish sodomy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIV. Two great curacas bring their dispute to the Inca and become his subjects \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XV. They make a bridge of straw, reeds, and rushes over the Desaguadero\u003cbr\u003e Chayanta is conquered \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVI. Various devices used by the Indians for crossing rivers and fishing \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVII. Of the conquest of five great provinces, besides other smaller ones \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVIII. Prince Inca Roca reduces many great provinces, both inland and on the coast \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIX. They take Indians from the seacoast to found colonies inland\u003cbr\u003e the Inca CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac Yupanqui dies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XX. The description of the temple of the Sun and its great wealth \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXI. The cloister of the temple and the dwelling places of the Moon, stars, thunder, lightning, and rainbow \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXII. The name of the high priest, and other parts of the house \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIII. The places for sacrifices and the threshold where they took off their sandals to enter the temple\u003cbr\u003e their fountains \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIV. The garden of gold and other riches of the temple, in imitation of which there are many others throughout the empire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXV. The famous temple of Titicaca and its fables and allegories \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Four \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I. The house of the virgins dedicated to the Sun \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e II. The rules and duties of the chosen virgins \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. The veneration they had for things made by the virgins and the law against those who might violate them \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IV. There were many other houses of chosen virgins\u003cbr\u003e the strict application of their laws is proved \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e V. The service and ornaments of the virgins\u003cbr\u003e they were never given in marriage to anyone \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VI. The women who were favored by the Inca \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VII. Other women who preserved their virginity, and widows \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VIII. How they usually married and set up house \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IX. The heir to the throne married his sister\u003cbr\u003e the reasons they gave for this \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e X. Various ways of inheriting estates \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XI. The weaning, shearing, and naming of their children \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XII. They brought up their children without pampering them \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIII. The life and duties of married women \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIV. How women visited one another\u003cbr\u003e how they kept their clothes\u003cbr\u003e public women \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XV. Inca Roca, the sixth king, conquers many nations, among them the Chancas and Hancohuallu \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVI. Prince YÁ\u003cbr\u003ehuar HuÁ\u003cbr\u003ecac and the meaning of his name \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVII. The idols of the Anti Indians and the conquest of the Charcas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVIII. The reasoning of the elders and how they received the Inca \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIX. Some laws made by King Inca Roca\u003cbr\u003e the schools he founded in Cuzco, and some of his sayings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XX. The seventh king, the Inca “\u003cbr\u003eWeeping-Blood,”\u003cbr\u003e his fears and his conquests, and the disgrace of the prince \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXI. A warning given by an apparition to the prince to be conveyed to his father \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXII. The discussions of the Incas about the apparition’\u003cbr\u003es message \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIII. The rebellion of the Chancas\u003cbr\u003e their ancient deeds \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIV. The Inca abandons the city\u003cbr\u003e the prince saves it \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Five \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I. How they increased the agricultural land and divided it among their vassals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e II. Their system of agriculture\u003cbr\u003e the festival of tilling the land assigned to the Inca and the Sun \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. The quantity of soil given to each Indian, and how it was manured \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IV. How they shared water for irrigation\u003cbr\u003e they punished idlers and slackers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e V. The tribute they paid the Inca and the reckoning of their bins \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VI. Clothing, footwear, and arms were supplied for the warriors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VII. Gold, silver, and other objects of value were not offered as tribute, but as presents \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VIII. The storing of supplies and their use \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IX. They supplied clothing for their subjects\u003cbr\u003e there were no beggars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e X. The system of stock-raising and division of the flocks\u003cbr\u003e wild animals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XI. The laws and ordinances of the Incas for the benefit of their vassals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XII. How they conquered and civilized new vassals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIII. How they appointed officials for every kind of duty \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIV. Their system of dealing with property, both public and private \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XV. How they paid their tribute, the amount of it, and the laws concerning it \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVI. The system of collecting tribute\u003cbr\u003e how the Inca rewarded the curacas for the precious objects they offered him \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVII. Inca Viracocha has news of his enemies, and of assistance coming to him \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVIII. A very bloody battle\u003cbr\u003e it is won by a stratagem \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIX. The liberality of Prince Inca Viracocha after the victory \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XX. The prince pursues the enemy, returns to Cuzco, has an interview with his father, and dispossesses him of the empire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXI. On the name Viracocha, and why it was applied to the Spaniards \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXII. Inca Viracocha has a temple built in memory of his uncle, the phantom \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIII. A famous painting\u003cbr\u003e the rewards given to the Inca’\u003cbr\u003es allies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIV. New provinces subdued by the Inca\u003cbr\u003e and an irrigation channel to water the grazing land \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXV. The Inca visits his empire\u003cbr\u003e ambassadors come and offer him their vassalage \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVI. The flight of the brave Hancohuallu from the Inca empire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVII. Colonies settled on Hancohuallu’\u003cbr\u003es lands\u003cbr\u003e the vale of Y’\u003cbr\u003eÚ\u003cbr\u003ecay described \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVIII. He names his first-born, and prophesies the coming of the Spaniards \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIX. The death of Inca Viracocha\u003cbr\u003e the author saw his body \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Six \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I. The fabric and adornment of the royal houses \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e II. They copied all sorts of objects in gold and silver with which to adorn the royal palaces \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. The accounts of the royal household\u003cbr\u003e and those who carried the king’\u003cbr\u003es litter \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IV. Halls used as meeting places and other aspects of the royal palaces \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e V. How the kings were buried\u003cbr\u003e their obsequies lasted a year \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VI. The solemn hunting excursions made by the kings throughout the country \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VII. Posts and relays, and the messages they carried \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VIII. They counted by threads and knots\u003cbr\u003e the accountants were extremely accurate \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IX. What they recorded in their accounts, and how these were read \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e X. Inca PachacÚ\u003cbr\u003etec visits his empire\u003cbr\u003e he conquers the Huanca tribe \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XI. Other provinces won by the Inca\u003cbr\u003e their customs and the punishment of sodomy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XII. Buildings, laws, and new conquests made by Inca PachacÚ\u003cbr\u003etec \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIII. The Inca subdues the hostile provinces by hunger and military strategy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIV. The good curaca Huamanchucu, and how he was subdued \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XV. The people of Cajamarca resist, but eventually surrender \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVI. The conquest of Yauyu, and triumph of the Incas, uncle and nephew \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVII. Two valleys are subdued\u003cbr\u003e Chincha replies arrogantly \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVIII. The obstinacy of Chincha\u003cbr\u003e its final surrender \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIX. The ancient conquests and false boasting of the Chinchas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XX. The principal feast of the Sun, and how they prepared for it \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXI. They worshipped the Sun, went to his house, and sacrificed a lamb \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXII. The auguries of their sacrifices, and the use of fire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIII. How they drank to one another, and in what order \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIV. How the Incas were armed knights, and the tests they were submitted to \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXV. They were required to know how to make their own arms and their shoes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVI. The prince underwent the ordeal, and was treated more severely than the rest \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVII. The Inca awarded the insignia to the leading candidate, and a member of his family to the rest \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVIII. The insignia of the kings and other Incas, and the masters of the novices \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIX. The surrender of Chuquimancu, lord of four valleys \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXX. The valleys of PachacÁ\u003cbr\u003emac and RÍ\u003cbr\u003emac, and their idols \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXI. They summon Cuismancu to capitulate\u003cbr\u003e his answer and the terms \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXII. They go to conquer King Chimu\u003cbr\u003e a cruel war is waged \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXIII. The obstinacy and misfortunes of the great Chimu, and how he surrendered \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXIV. The Inca aggrandizes his empire\u003cbr\u003e his activities until his death \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXV. He increased the number of schools, and made laws for their good government \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXVI. Many other laws of Inca PachacÚ\u003cbr\u003etec\u003cbr\u003e his words of wisdom \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Seven \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I. The Incas established colonies\u003cbr\u003e they had two languages \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e II. The heirs of chiefs were brought up at court\u003cbr\u003e the reasons for this \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. The language of the court \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IV. The usefulness of the language of the court \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e V. The third solemn festival in honor of the sun \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VI. The fourth festival\u003cbr\u003e the fasts\u003cbr\u003e and their way of purging their ills \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VII. A nocturnal rite for expelling ills from the city \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VIII. The description of the imperial city of Cuzco \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IX. The city contained the description of the whole empire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e X. The site of the schools, that of three royal palaces, and that of the chosen virgins \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XI. The wards and houses to the west of the stream \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XII. Two donations made by the city for charitable purposes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIII. King Inca Yupanqui seeks to make a new conquest \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIV. The events of the expedition to Musu until its completion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XV. Traces found of this expedition \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVI. Other unfortunate occurrences in the same province \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVII. The Chirihuana tribe, its life and customs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVIII. Preparations for the conquest of Chile \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIX. The Incas win the regions as far as the valley called Chile\u003cbr\u003e the messages and replies they exchanged with other new tribes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XX. A cruel battle between the Incas and other tribes\u003cbr\u003e the first Spaniards who discovered Chile \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXI. The rebellion of Chile against Governor Valdivia \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXII. A new order of battle\u003cbr\u003e the stratagem of the old Indian captain \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIII. The Indians prevail owing to a treacherous plan executed by one of their number \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIV. Valdivia slain\u003cbr\u003e the war has continued for fifty years \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXV. New misfortunes in the kingdom of Chile \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVI. The peaceful life and occupations of King Inca Yupanqui until his death \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVII. The fortress of Cuzco\u003cbr\u003e the size of its stones \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVIII. The three circumvallations, the most remarkable part of the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIX. Three towers, the master masons, and the Weary Stone \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Eight \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I. The conquest of the province of Huacrachucu, and the meaning of its name \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e II. The conquest of the first villages in the province of Chachapoya \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. The conquest of other villages and of other barbarous tribes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IV. The conquest of three large, warlike, and recalcitrant provinces \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e V. The conquest of the CaÑ\u003cbr\u003eari province\u003cbr\u003e tis riches and its temple \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VI. The conquest of many other large provinces as far as the confines of Quito \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VII. The Inca conquers Quito\u003cbr\u003e Prince Huaina CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac is present \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VIII. The three marriages of Huaina CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac\u003cbr\u003e the death of his father\u003cbr\u003e his sayings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IX. Maize and what they call rice, and other seeds \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e X. The vegetables that grow in the earth \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XI. The fruit of larger [plants and] trees \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XII. The mulli tree and the pimento \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIII. The maguey tree and its uses \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIV. The banana, the pineapple, and other fruits \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XV. The precious leaf called coca, and tobacco \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVI. Their tame animals\u003cbr\u003e the flock they kept \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVII. The wild flocks and other creatures \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVIII. Lions, bears, tigers, and monkeys \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIX. Land and water fowl, tame and wild \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XX. Partridges, pigeons, and other lesser birds \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXI. Varieties of parrots\u003cbr\u003e their talkativeness \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXII. Four famous rivers\u003cbr\u003e the fish found in Peruvian rivers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIII. Emeralds, turquoises, and pearls \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIV. Gold and silver \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXV. Quicksilver, and how metal was founded before the use of quicksilver \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Nine \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I. Huaina CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac orders a golden cable to be made\u003cbr\u003e the reason for this and its purpose \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e II. Ten of the coastal valleys give in of their own free will, and TÚ\u003cbr\u003embez surrenders \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. The punishment of those who killed the officials left by TÚ\u003cbr\u003epac Inca Yupanqui \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IV. The Inca visits his empire, consults the oracles, and gains the island of Puna \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e V. The people of Puna kill Huaina CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac’\u003cbr\u003es captains \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VI. The punishment of the rebels \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VII. The mutiny of the Chachapoyas, and Huaina CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac’\u003cbr\u003es magnanimity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e VIII. The gods and customs of the Manta tribe\u003cbr\u003e their subjugation and that of other savage peoples \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IX. The giants of those parts and how they met their deaths \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e X. What Huaina CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac said about the Sun \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XI. The revolt of the Caranques\u003cbr\u003e their punishment \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XII. Huaina CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac makes his son Atahuallpa king of Quito \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIII. Two famous roads in Peru \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIV. Huaina CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac heard that the Spaniards were off the coast \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XV. The testament and death of Huaina CÁ\u003cbr\u003epac and the prophecy of the arrival of the Spaniards \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVI. Mares and horses\u003cbr\u003e how they were bred in the early days and their great value \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVII. Cows and oxen\u003cbr\u003e their prices, high and low \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XVIII. Camels, asses, and goats\u003cbr\u003e their prices and their breeding in Peru \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XIX. Pigs\u003cbr\u003e their great fertility \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XX. Sheep and domestic cats \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXI. Rabbits and pure-bred dogs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXII. Rats\u003cbr\u003e their great numbers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIII. Fowls and pigeons \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIV. Wheat \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXV. The vine\u003cbr\u003e the first man to grow grapes in Cuzco \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVI. Wine\u003cbr\u003e the first man to make it in Cuzco\u003cbr\u003e its price \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVII. The olive\u003cbr\u003e its first importer into Peru \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXVIII. The fruits of Spain and the sugarcane \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXIX. Garden plants and herbs\u003cbr\u003e their size \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXX. Flax, asparagus, carrots, and aniseed \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXI. New names for various racial groups \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXII. HuÁ\u003cbr\u003escar Inca demands that his brother Atahuallpa shall do homage to him \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXIII. Atahuallpa’\u003cbr\u003es devices to allay his brother’\u003cbr\u003es suspicions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXIV. HuÁ\u003cbr\u003escar is warned and calls up his warriors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXV. The battle of the Incas\u003cbr\u003e Atahuallpa’\u003cbr\u003es victory and his cruelties \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXVI. The cause of Atahuallpa’\u003cbr\u003es atrocities and their most cruel effects \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXVII. The same cruel treatment is extended to the women and children of the royal blood \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXVIII. Some members of the royal blood escape Atahuallpa’\u003cbr\u003es cruelties \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e XXXIX. 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