The Incas were descended from a people who had settled in the valley of Cuzco. Their civilization was created by Manco Capac in the early twelfth century, but the Incas did not expand until the late 12th century. In 1438, Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui took the throne, calling himself Earthshaker, he marched through the Andes conquering large parts of South America and turning them into a single mighty empire. His defeat of the Chancas was a turning point for the Incas. Pachacuti rebuilt Cuzco into a city of enormous stone palaces and temples, and brought his numerous provinces under the direction of a single government.
Cuzco, the capital of the empire, is located in the Andes and means in the language of the Incas "navel." It is the administrative center of the empire. The Inca Empire was barely a century when the Spanish came in 1532. The conquest started when the conquistador Francisco Pizarro and his troupes arrived at borders of the Inca Empire, in the current Peru. Pizarro is the head of a few hundred soldiers.
After that a few substitutions took over for Anastasio. In December Somoza was elected president of Nicaraqua. During his presidency family members and supporters started to monopolize. In 1944 Somoza was the largest cattle landowner in Nicaragua, setting up many plantations and cattle farms. That year Somoza was pressured by the US to re elect but Somoza gave presidency to his wife's uncle Benjamin Lacayo.
That was until Spanish navigators Juan Díaz de Solís and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón touched on part of the Honduran coast in 1508 and devoted most of their efforts to exploring the area. After the Spanish discovery and speedy conquest, Honduras became part of Spain's large empire in the New World. The Spanish ruled Honduras for about 3 centuries. Honduras became a state in the United Provinces of Central America in 1821 and an independent republic with the fall of the union in 1840. By 1968 the Lopez Arellano regime seemed to be in serious trouble.
21 months from title to the site, 18 months from first sketches, 6 months from first steel to 86th floor steel complete. 11 months from first steel to 102 story equivalent building complete and ready for tenants. How’d they do it? Should all projects go this fast? Timeline: 1929 - John J. Raskob, Coleman and Pierre du Pont, Louis G. Kaufman and Ellis P. Earle create Empire State, Inc. January 22, 1930 - Excavation begins.
Indian Prime Minister Indra Gandhi, the International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, 33 countries and regions from the world, some of the sports delegation and head of international sports organizations, and diplomats in India, attended the opening ceremony. On November 5, 1982, Brazil and Paraguay together signed a contract to build the world's largest hydropower project. The official completion of the main dam of the Itapúa Hydropower Station, both the presidents opened the dam having 14 gates. 68-year-old Yuri Andropov was appointed as general secretary of Soviet Union after the death of Brezhnev Died on November 10, 1982 in Moscow. As part of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, over thousands of Soviets killed in an attack on November 9, 1982.
In 1567 Ieyasu’s father’s death had left him as leader of the Matsudaira, allied with the Oba Nobunaga who was a powerful neighbor. At was at this time that he changed his name from MAtsudaira to Tokugawa, which was the name of the area from which his family originated. He then also changed his personal name to Ieyasu, so he was now know as Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu spent the 15 years campaigning with Nobunaga while also expanding his own influence and wealth. He had now gained a renowned military reputation.
The Fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire, an empire which had lasted for over 1,100 years. The conquering of Constantinople allowed the Ottoman Empire to rise up as one of the longest-running modern empires in history. Mehmed II of the Ottoman Turks also known as "The Conqueror" was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1444 to 1446, and later from 1451 to 1481. He got the name "Conqueror" after the conquest of Istanbul in 1453. In 1451 he devoted himself to strengthening the Ottoman navy, and in the same year made preparations for the taking of Constantinople.
The Praetorian Guard, the bodyguard of the ancient Roman emperors. By the 2d century BC the bodyguard of a Roman general was known as the praetorian cohort, but Augustus, the first Roman emperor, in 27 bc instituted the Praetorian Guard as a separate force by organizing 9 cohorts, each consisting of 1000 men, under the command of a prefect, who was called the praetorian prefect. The only large permanent body of troops allowed in Rome itself, or near the city, it soon acquired great political power. Members served 16 years, receiving special privileges and pay. They gradually began to exercise their political power in an unscrupulous manner, deposing and elevating emperors at their pleasure.
PERU Colonisation Assessment - History (16th century) Sept, 2011 WHY WAS THE COUNTRY COLONISED? Peru was part of the Inca Empire, which the Inca’s called Tahuantinsuyo. The area also included Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. The medieval Spaniards referred to the area as “Neuvo Mundo” or “New World”. The Inca Empire was one of the world’s largest empires.