Conquest Of The Americas - Mister Dans Home Page
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THE SAPA INCA<br />
<strong>The</strong> “sole Inca” or the “unique one.”<br />
As a direct descendant of Manco Capac, he was seen as a son<br />
of the sun god Inti and therefore as semi-divine.<br />
He was carried in an elaborate litter, and held court from behind<br />
a screen of cloth.<br />
No one was allowed to look him in the face, and all those who<br />
approached him, even nobles, had to removes their shoes<br />
and carry a token burden on their backs.<br />
Like the nobles, he had one principal wife and numerous<br />
secondary wives and concubines.<br />
In the later reigns, it was the custom to have the emperor marry<br />
a full sister in order to keep the Capac Inca bloodline intact.
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