The Battle of Pasca was fought between the southern Muisca Confederation, led by their zipa (ruler), Saguamanchica, and an alliance between the Panche...

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around 1470 when the cacique of the Sutagao lost the Battle of Pasca. Conquistador Hernán Pérez de Quesada, brother of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada submitted...

went on with a small group of around 40 men on horseback into Los Llanos, where they engaged in battle with a large number of Omaguas and Hutten was severely...

list of wars involving the Republic of Colombia and its predecessor states from Pre-Hispanic times to the present day. "Territorial history of the country"...

neighboring tribes, like in the Battle of Pasca, or the Southern Muisca against the Northern Muisca, like in the Battle of Chocontá. Army sizes ranged from...

and cannibalistic. Chocontá ~1490 Pasca ~1470 At the Spanish conquest, the central region of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes was inhabited by...

casting in an alloy of gold with silver and copper. The raft was part of an offering that was placed in a cave in the municipality of Pasca. Since its discovery...

Usme, Zipaquirá, Nemocón and Zipacón Fusagasugá District: Fusagasugá, Pasca and Tibacuy Ubaté District: Ubaté, Cucunubá, Simijaca, Susa Guatavita District:...

to the south of the Bogotá savanna in the Battle of Pasca. Approximately twenty years later, Saguamanchica went to war with the zaque of Hunza, Michuá...

Oriental of the Colombian Andes in the municipality of Sesquilé in the Almeidas Province, Cundinamarca department of Colombia, 57 km (35 mi) northeast of Bogotá...

jora) made from a variety of maize landraces has been the most common form of chicha. However, chicha is also made from a variety of other cultigens and wild...

wikisource.org. L. Primum pasca apud saxones celebratur. Bellum badonis secundo. morcant moritur. Public Record Office of the United Kingdom. MS. E.164/1...

against him, he sent out several expeditions of soldiers. His captain Juan de Céspedes went south to found Pasca on July 15, 1537. Hernán was sent north and...

Falls, through which the floodwaters could drain away. Bochica appeared in Pasca in Cundinamarca and later in Gámeza, Boyacá where the people showed him...

Museum of Pasca (Spanish: Museo Arqueológico de Pasca) is an archaeological museum located in Pasca, Colombia. It houses a great collection of Pre-Columbian...

Muisca raft, a piece of gold working found in Pasca almost 400 years after the arrival of the Spanish Monster of Lake Tota, allegedly a monstrous snake or...

decided to stay neutral and in favour of peace between the two ever battling parts of the Muisca Confederation. The seat of Sugamuxi was the Sun Temple in Sogamoso...

and creator of the world in the religion of the Muisca. The Muisca and their confederation were one of the four advanced civilizations of the Americas...

Chibchacum or Chichebachun is the rain and thunder god in the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in pre-Columbian times...

valley of the iraca and was chosen by the other caciques of the region to make peace between the battling parties. He became the first zaque of the northern...

anthropomorphic or zoomorphic figure elaborated by the Muisca as part of their art. Tunjos were made of gold or tumbaga; a gold-silver-copper alloy. The Muisca used...

was the god of the Sun in the religion of the Muisca. He was married to Moon goddess Chía. The Muisca and their confederation were one of the four advanced...

religion of the Muisca. It was the god of evil, stealing, lies and death. The name Guahaioque in the language of the Muisca, Muysccubun, means "figure of the...

of fertility of the Earth and sports. He trained the Muisca to prepare them for wars and the guecha warriors and farmers honoured him to win battles and...

triple lunar deity in the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in pre-Columbian times. Of central importance to the pantheon...

protector of working women and the sick in the religion of the Muisca. The Muisca and their confederation were one of the advanced civilizations of the Americas...

positions of power were of great honor and were surrounded by a rather elaborate ceremony. The position of the Zipa was such that not even the members of the...

Sutagao around 1470 when the cacique of the Sutagao lost the Battle of Pasca. Conquistador Juan de Céspedes, under command of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada submitted...

goddess that, according to the Muisca religion, is the mother of humanity. She emerged of the waters in the Iguaque Lake with a baby in her arms, who grew...