18 Facts About Muisca Confederation

Muisca Confederation was a loose confederation of different Muisca rulers in the central Andean highlands of present-day Colombia before the Spanish conquest of northern South America.

The Muisca Confederation spoke Chibcha, in their own language called Muysccubun; "language of the people".

Muisca Confederation were polytheistic and their religion and mythology was closely connected with the natural area they were inhabiting.

Muisca Confederation were a predominantly agricultural society with small-scale farmfields, part of more extensive terrains.

Muisca Confederation economy was self-sufficient regarding the basic supplies, thanks to the advanced technologies of the agriculture on raised terraces by the people.

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Apart from agriculture, the Muisca Confederation were well developed in the production of different crafts, using the raw materials traded with surrounding indigenous peoples.

The Muisca Confederation were unique in South America for having real coins of gold, called tejuelos.

Mining was an important source of income for the Muisca Confederation, who were called "Salt People" because of their salt mines in Zipaquira, Nemocon and Tausa.

The Muisca Confederation used two forms to express twenty: "foot ten"; quihicha ubchihica or their exclusive word gueta, derived from gue, which means "house".

The Muisca Confederation script consisted of hieroglyphs, only used for numerals.

The Muisca Confederation were a highly religious people with their own beliefs on the origin of the Earth and life and human sacrifices were no exception to please the gods for good harvests and prosperity.

El Infiernito, close to the present town of Villa de Leyva was a sacred site where the Muisca Confederation erected structures based on astronomical parameters.

Conquest of the Muisca Confederation was the heaviest of all four Spanish expeditions to the great American civilisations.

Muisca Confederation told the Muisca ruler that foreigners were coming and Tisquesusa would die "bathing in his own blood".

Muisca Confederation chose to return to Bacata and ordered the capital to be evacuated, resulting in an abandoned site when the Spanish arrived.

Muisca Confederation's body was only discovered a year later because of the black vultures circling over it.

Muisca Confederation sent messengers to the Spanish conquistadors with valuable peace offers.

When Gonzalo arrived at the main bohio of Quemuenchatocha, he found the Muisca Confederation ruler sitting in his throne and surrounded by his closest companions.