Round 11: Tossup 13

A city in this modern day country was the home of Juan de Castellanos (“ka-stay-YAH-nohs”) when he wrote his epic Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias. Quemuenchatocha (“came-wen-cha-TOH-cha”) and Tisquesusa (“tees-keh-SOO-sa”) led sides in a civil war in this modern day country whose end was mediated by the iraca (10[1])Sugamuxi (“soo-ga-MOOK-see”). Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar founded this country’s capital in 1539 with its original conqueror, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (10[1])(“hee-MEH-neth de kay-SAH-da”). This country’s city of Hunza, or Tunja, was home to its zaque (10[1])(“ZAH-kay”) rulers. This country’s Banco de la República runs a “Gold Museum” in its capital, (10[1])which includes works in tumbaga alloy by the Quimbaya (“keem-BAH-ya”) and a tunjo (-5[1])(“TOON-ho”) golden raft found in Pasca. (-5[1])In this country’s Lake Guatavita, the zipa would cover himself in gold in a ritual that likely (-5[1])inspired the El (-5[1])Dorado myth. For 10 points, name this country whose capital is named for the Muisca capital of Bacatá ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

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