Cusco: History
Cusco — Qusqu in Quechua — was founded, according to Inca oral tradition, by the legendary first Inca ruler Manco Cápac, and grew from a regional settlement into…
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Goa: History
Goa’s history took a sharp turn in 1510 when the Portuguese admiral Afonso de Albuquerque captured the territory from the Bijapur Sultanate and made it the capital of…
History of Kochi
Kochi history explained through the spice trade, Portuguese arrival, Dutch influence, Jewish heritage, British rule and the modern port city.
Banff: History
It started in 1883 with a stroke of luck. Railway workers building the Canadian Pacific Railway stumbled on hot springs on the slopes of Sulphur Mountain, and the…