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Morris, Craig/von Hag

 
9780500021217: The Incas (Hardback) /anglais
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 050002121X ISBN 13 : 9780500021217
Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

In less than a century the Incas rose from obscure origins to build one of the largest empires of the ancient world, extending northwards from the capital, Cusco, along the spine of the Andes to embrace most of modern Peru and Ecuador, and southwards into Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. This new survey provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative account available of the rapid ascendancy of the Incas, their politics, economics, religion, architecture, art and technology, and their subsequent downfall. The authors look in detail at Cusco and at the four parts of the empire, following the vast road system to explore not just famous sites such as Machu Picchu, but all the major regional settlements, on and off the Inca Trail. The concluding chapter and epilogue are devoted to the end of the empire: the arrival of the Spaniards, the assassination of the Inca ruler Atawallpa, and the final years of the rebellious, neo-Inca state in the tropical forests of Vilcabamba.

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À propos des auteurs

The late Craig Morris was Curator of Anthropology and Senior Vice President of the American Museum of Natural History, NewYork.

Adriana von Hagen is co-director of the Leymebamba Museum in Chachapoyas, Peru.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

In less than a century the Incas rose from obscure origins to build one of the largest empires of the ancient world, extending northwards from the capital, Cusco, along the spine of the Andes to embrace most of modern Peru and Ecuador, and southwards into Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. This new survey provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative account available of the rapid ascendancy of the Incas, their politics, economics, religion, architecture, art and technology, and their subsequent downfall. The authors look in detail at Cusco and at the four parts of the empire, following the vast road system to explore not just famous sites such as Machu Picchu, but all the major regional settlements, on and off the Inca Trail. The concluding chapter and epilogue are devoted to the end of the empire: the arrival of the Spaniards, the assassination of the Inca ruler Atawallpa, and the final years of the rebellious, neo-Inca state in the tropical forests of Vilcabamba.

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Éditeur
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
050002121X
ISBN 13 
9780500021217
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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