Cagliari
Cagliari , city (1991 pop. 204,237), capital of Sardinia and of Cagliari prov., S Sardinia, Italy, on the Gulf of Cagliari (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea) and at the mouth of the Mannu River. It is the largest city in Sardinia and is a modern port and an industrial center. A flourishing Carthaginian city, it was taken by Rome in 238 BC Cagliari endured Arab invasions in the 8th and 9th cent. AD The city was a Pisan stronghold during the wars with Genoa (11th-14th cent.); its subsequent history is largely that of Sardinia . Cagliari was the site of a submarine base in World War II and was heavily bombed by the Allies. Noteworthy structures include the Romanesque-Gothic cathedral (13th cent.), the Basilica of San Saturnino (5th cent.), a large Roman amphitheater, and the massive tower of St. Pancras (built by Pisans in 1304).
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Native America in The Confidence-Man: quite an original satire and scene.
Magazine article from: Leviathan; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...hating" section, the reference to Manco Capac, the asylum for the Seminole...experience in the South Pacific. Manco Capac, as mentioned in the first sentence...there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca, a man in...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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La civilizacion Inca comenzo como una tribu en el area de Cuzco, donde el legend.(Reflejos)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 8/31/2008; 526 words
; ...el legendario primer Sapa Inca, Manco Capac, fundo el reino de Cusco alrededor...liderazgo de los descendentes de Manco Capac, el estado crecio mientras absorbia...the legendary first Sapa Inca, Manco Capac founded the Kingdom of Cusco around...
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 "Business Times (Malaysia)")
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Award-winning site gives a wealth of info on Incas, BUSINESS TIMES
Newspaper article from: Business Times (Malaysia); 4/6/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...founder of the Inca dynasty was Manco Capac and he was followed by Sinchi...Yupanqui and finally Huayna Capac. "Those who headed the Inca...including `Sapa Inca', `Capac Apu', and `Intip Cori...Cuzco region at the time of Manco C
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RECONFIGURACIÓN DE UN ESPACIO SAGRADO: LOS INKAS Y LA PIRÁMIDE PUMAPUNKU EN TIWANAKU, BOLIVIA/RECONFIGURING SACRED SPACE: THE INKAS AND THE PUMAPUNKU PYRAMID AT TIWANAKU, BOLIVIA
Magazine article from: Chungara; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...en el cual presumiblemente naci Manco Capac, hijo de Huayna Capac. Los Inkas...Inka royal palace, where Huayna Capac planned the suppression of the Quito rebellion and where his son, Manco Capac, was bom. The sacred character...
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CULTURE-PERU: PRE-HISPANIC WOMEN, MYTH AND REALITY
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 6/7/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...two; while the other recounts Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, and is a version...clan, while in the other myth, Manco Capac is a man-god who arose from Lake...hand, Mama Ocllo, the wife of Manco Capac, has a much more domestic role...
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Reading Inca history. (Anthropology and History).
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...whose leaders they describe as having capac status. This chapter, a necessary...this term, sometimes held by the capac Inca's sister wife and hence frequently...descent from the first Inca ruler, Manco Capac. Chapters 3 and 4 investigate in...
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Secret citadel of the last Inca
Magazine article from: Americas; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...was once the great city founded by Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, children of the...revolt and the siege of Cuzco by Manco Inca, the brave young prince who was the son of Mama Runtu and Huayna Capac, twelfth monarch in the royal line...
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Staying in: The conquest of the Incas
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/25/2000; ; 556 words
; ...on Atahuallpa's half-brother Manco Capac. Having appointed him as puppet...for himself. It was only then that Manco gathered an army and vowed to defeat...Seven of Almagro's cronies fled to Manco for protection, and he hid them...
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New Inca Ruins Are Found In Peru; Settlement Is Near Machu Picchu
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/19/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...drove the Incas from Cuzco, sending rebel chieftain Manco Capac and thousands of his soldiers fleeing northeastward toward...15th century. It may have been abandoned by the time Manco Capac and his rebels headed out of Cuzco on their way to the...
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Inca route to link Peru, Chile, Bolivia
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 3/1/2007; 463 words
; ...reported on Wednesday. The project, also dubbed as Manco Capac Route, is similar to the Quetzal Route, which is backed...Peru, Bolivia and Chile were part of the same nation. Manco Capac, is the legendary founder of the Inca empire who emerged...
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Manco Capac
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Manco Capac In the mythology of the Incas, Manco Capac was the founder of their nation and a culture hero who set...berries for food. So the sun god decided to send his son Manco Capac and daughter Mama Ocllo to teach the people how to improve...
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Huayna Capac
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...already at work. Their action was hastened by Huayna Capac's decision to divide the empire by leaving the...when Francisco Pizarro began his conquest. Huayna Capac's third son, Manco Capac was the last Inca to succumb to the Spanish.
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Inca
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...dynasty was founded c. 1200 AD by Manco Capac, but real expansion did not take...x2013;1525). After Huayna Capac civil wars broke up the empire of...and by 1537, after the defeat of Manco Capac, most of the empire had been subdued...
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Pizarro, Gonzalo
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...of Francisco PIZARRO . He assisted his brother in the conquest of the INCAS and defended Cuzco against the attacks of Manco Capac (1536–37). In 1538 he was appointed governor of Quito. The first viceroy of Peru, Blasco Nú...
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Francisco Pizarro
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...of the seaboard. The Spanish conquest has shed some of its glamour in the light of modern research. Peruvians under Manco Capac, successor to the deposed Hu á scar, held out against the Spanish for 40 years more; Indian revolts recurred...
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