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The Chronicle of Akakor
Machu Picchu, the famous city of ruins of the Incas above the Urubamba. It
was never entered by the Spanish
THE BOOK OF THE ANT
1. THE WHITE BARBARIANS IN THE EMPIRE OF THE INCAS
1492—1534
The transition from the Middle Ages to the modern era was characterized by the Portuguese and Spanish
discoveries. They led the western European nations across the ocean. Bold seafarers had already discovered
the Atlantic isles in the first half of the fifteenth century, and in 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered
America. He made four voyages to the New World and founded the first Spanish colony on Haiti. In 1500,
the Portuguese sailor Cabral discovered Brazil. In 1519, Cortez started on the conquest of Mexico. The
Aztec King Montezuma II capitulated after three years and was murdered by the Spaniards. Zealous
Christian missionaries destroyed the old Mexican civilization. In 1531, Pizarro began the conquest of Peru.
The mighty empire of the Incas, which had been weakened by a civil struggle, was defeated after three
years in the fight against the better armed Spanish troops. Their King of the Sun, Ataualpa, who had been
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