Pizarro's conquest of Peru is at the core of that long-established narrative and has traditionally been taken to exemplify its key themes: the great march of European expansion, the West's ...

He explores his theme by dramatizing a segment of actual history-the Spaniards' conquest of Peru, and more specifically ... crucial confrontations between Pizarro the Conquistador and Atahuallpa ...

The “Breakfast Club” co-host talks with David Remnick about Black voters, his recent interview with the Vice-President, and why the Democratic Party needs a lot more “Bulworth.” Can Older ...

When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...

Rising from obscurity in Peru's Cusco Valley during the 13th century ... began planning his conquest of the south. It was the dawn of empire. Massed on a high, cold Peruvian plain north of ...

Steeped in death, conquest, desire ... was captured at his palace in Cajamarca in modern-day Peru by Spanish commander Francisco Pizarro. Pizarro agreed to release Atahualpa in return for a ...

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The one weakness of the book is a kind of tension between the claims Shachtman is making and the history he’s recounting. He works hard to present the “conquest of cold” as an enormously ...

Veteran Claudio Pizarro helped Peru to a priceless 1-0 victory against Venezuela as Ricardo Gareca's men stayed in the hunt for a Copa America quarter-final berth. Peru were left heartbroken last ...

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