Sunday, May 30, 2004

Chibcha

Also called �Muisca, � South American Indians who at the time of the Spanish conquest occupied the high valleys surrounding the modern cities of Bogot� and Tunja in Colombia. With a population of more than 500,000, they were notable for being more centralized politically than any other South American people outside the Inca empire. Numerous small districts, each with its own chief, had been consolidated

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