Salt for the Incas
For over 800 years this location has produced salt for the people of the area - it is amaying
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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in ... [read more]
Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in ... [read more] Blog: Incas
Date: April 11th 2005
Until i spent time in the andes as an adult, i had very little of a concept of what an absolutely magnificent civilization was created by the Incas. I had studied the Incas and the predecessors in elementary and high school while i was living in Peru. Considering they were able to conquer and to assimilate peoples from Colombia to Chile - which themselves performed brain surgery, created magn ... read more
Date: April 11th 2005
Until i spent time in the andes as an adult, i had very little of a concept of what an absolutely magnificent civilization was created by the Incas. I had studied the Incas and the predecessors in elementary and high school while i was living in Peru. Considering they were able to conquer and to assimilate peoples from Colombia to Chile - which themselves performed brain surgery, created magn ... read more
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