In Euclides da Cunha's 1902 book, Rebellion in the Backlands, he describes the massive battle between civilizations in this region.
In Euclides da Cunha's 1902 book, Rebellion in the Backlands, he describes the massive battle between civilizations in this region. Livio Sansone focused his study of racial identity on this area in his 2003 book, Blackness Without Ethnicity.  The bay on which its capital sits is named for the holiday it was discovered on, All Saints Day, and it contains Almas Peak, the highest in the Diamantina chain.  Between 1893 and 1897, thousands of believers gathered around Antonio the Counciler, who preached against materialism and the "godless republic" here, causing Canudos to surpass the state capital in population. Home to a massive 1835 slave conspiracy by the Arabic-speaking Muslim Males, the region was chronicled in literature by Jorge Amado and Mario Vargas Llosa in The War of the End of the World. FTP, name this region of Northeastern Brazil, noted for its vast indigenous population, widespread poverty and the cities of Ilheus and capital at Salvador.
In Euclides da Cunha's 1902 book, Rebellion in the Backlands, he describes the massive battle between civilizations in this region.
{Bahia} (prompt on "Brazil")