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Muisca Confederation was a
loose confederation of
different Muisca rulers (
zaques, zipas, iraca, and tundama) in the
central Andean highlands of what is today...
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based in Muyquytá. The
Zaque was the
ruler of the
northern area and
based in Hunza,
known today as Tunja. Zipa (Psihipqua) and
Zaque (Hoa) were the titles...
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condemn them to death. In 1540, the
Zaque was
beheaded and his
death marked the end of the
dynasty of
zaques of Hunza. In the same way, it
points to...
- of the
Muisca indigenous peoples. The
Muisca under the
chiefdom of the
zaque of
Hunza lived mainly by
agriculture and
mining gold and emeralds. The first...
- the
zaques,
after Idacansás. In the
centuries before the
arrival of the
Spanish conquistadors, the
central highlands of
Colombia were
ruled by
zaques (northern...
- (1470–1490)
Nemequene (1490–1514)
Tisquesusa (1514–1537)
Sagipa (1537–1539)
Zaques of Hunza: Hunzahúa (?-1470) Michuá (1470–1490)
Quemuenchatocha (1490–1537)...
- chroniclers: Thomagata, said to have been one of the most
religious of the
zaques,
after Idacansás Idacansás,
allegedly a
mythical priest from
Sugamuxi who...
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Built Sun
Temple Moon
Temple Cojines del
Zaque Goranchacha Temple Hunzahúa Well
Natural Fúquene
Guasca Guatavita Iguaque Siecha Suesca Tota
Ubaque Tequendama...
- cacique". Boyacá in the
times before the
Spanish conquest was
ruled by the
zaque of
nearby Hunza, the
ruler of the Muisca, who were
organised in
their loose...
- to
inaugurate the new
highest regarded member of the community; zipas,
zaques,
caciques and the
religious ruler iraca from
Sacred City of the Sun Sugamuxi...
