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inca education

During the inca education

it begun when the boy became 16 years old and it last from three to four years of heavy training;

While the Inca often tolerated or incorporated the religions of their conquered ayllus they also imposed a state religion upon them. The Inca empire was a theocracy in which the Inca king, Sapa Inca, was the descendant of Inti, the sun god. The Inca required tribute, especially before and after battle, to certain gods. Regular and general festivals punctuated the labors of the empire's subjects with food drink and entertainments. Inti Raymi, the festival of the sun god, lasted nine nights, during which Sapa Inca would provide Aqhachicha, a maize beer, to first Inti, then himself, then the nobles, and finally to all people who attended.

Detail of Pizarro's tomb

Francisco was second cousin to Hernán Cortés, the famed conquistador of Mexico.

became the first Europeans to view the Pacific coast of the New World

Peru.