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Vol. IV No. 2 … Cover: These Peruvian Indians are the descendants of civilizations that flourished more than a thousand years ago. There were the Chimu of the coastal plains, the Tiahuanacans of the highlands. the Chancas of the northern forests, and on the ruins of these ancient cultures was built the empire of the Incas. This remarkable Empire was larger than the Roman Empire before Caesar. The chief of the Incas was known as the Sapa, and the form of government was a pure despotism. Religion, the law, and the militia were under the complete dictatorial domination of the Sapa, for, as the direct descendant of the Sun, he was omnipotent. He was God.