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GENERAL CONTENTS.
BOOK I.
INTRODUCTION.-VIEW OF THE CIVILIZATION OF THE INCAS.
BOOK II.
DISCOVERY OF PERU.
BOOK III.
CONQUEST OF PERU.
BOOK IV.
CIVIL WARS OF THE CONQUERORS.
BOOK V.
SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY.
APPENDIX.
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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
INTRODUCTION.-VIEW OF THE CIVILIZATION OF
THE INCAS.
CHAPTER I.
PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY.-Sources of Peru-
VIAN CIVILIZATION.—EmpIrE OF THE INCAS.-ROYAL
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ORDERS OF THE STATE.-PROVISIONS FOR JUSTICE.-DIVIS-
ION OF LANDS.-REVENUES AND REGISTERS.-GREAT
ROADS AND POSTS.-MILITARY TACTICS AND POLICY
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PERUVIAN RELIGION. DEITIES.-GORGEOUS TEMPLES.
FESTIVALS.-VIRGINS OF THE SUN.-MARRIAGE.
Religion of the American Races
Peruvian Notions of a Future Life
Embalming and Burial
Idea of God .
Worship of the Sun
Temple of the Sun at Cuzco
Its Richness and Splendor
Temples of inferior Deities
Utensils and Ornaments of Gold
Proofs of ancient Magnificence.
High Priest
Sacerdotal Order
Duties of Priests
Festival of Raymi
Human Sacrifices rare
Sacred Flame
Religious Ceremony
Virgins of the Sun