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governor of a
province or a
communal authority in the Tawantinsuyu), or
curaca (Hispanicized spelling), was an
official of the
Andean civilizations, unified...
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Curaçá is the
northernmost city in the
Brazilian state of Bahia. The muni****lity was
designated a
priority area for
conservation and
sustainable use when...
- The
Curaçá River is a
river of
Bahia state in
eastern Brazil.
Juazeiro is in
reality part of a twin city
called Petrolina-Juazeiro and it lies on the São...
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among the
seasonal waterways are
Riacho Melância
watershed 30 km
south of
Curaçá,
where the last
known wild Spix's
macaw nest was located,
adjacent Riacho...
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ancient times, such as
prefects in
ancient China, paqūdus in Babylonia,
curaca in the Inca Empire,
vigiles in the
Roman Empire, and
Medjay in
ancient Egypt...
- an
internationally known Brazilian writer and actor.
Andrade was born in
Curaçá, Bahia. Some of his
movies were
nominees for Oscars. He died, aged 36, in...
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children of the
central nobility and
certain levels of the
curacal (hatun
curaca). They
attended the
yachaywasi (house of knowledge) in
Cusco to
learn from...
- that this part of the valley, near the
Rimac river, was
administered by a
curaca, or
local lord,
named Taulichusco. He was a
former yana, or servant, of...
- talacanta,
meaning "Lazo de Hechicero",
which was the
proper name of the
curaca, or ruler, who
dominated this
central valley on
behalf of the Inca Empire...
- was most
likely that Cusco's
rulers simply had the
title of
sinchis or
curacas, like
almost every chiefdom at the time. Due to the
political turmoil in...
