Southern one‚ linking Arequipa with Juliaca‚ Puno and Cusco‚ or Juliaca and Puno. The last route departs from Cusco to Machu Picchu and Quillabamba‚ though the stretch to this last destination is interrupted. The other railroad links Lima with Huancayo and Huancavelica‚ however‚ the first stretch is not in service. The best ones are Pullman or buffet; then‚ first class‚ business/tourism and the always-overcrowded second class. For the route from Cusco ? Machu Picchu there is an auto coach‚ a kind of faster
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We know from history many various civilizations. Civilizations like Sumerian (4000 BC)‚ Egyptian (3000 BC)‚ Minoan (2000 BC)‚ and Babylonian (1700 BC). Later‚ the Greek civilization‚ throughout the Macedonian empire‚ ranged as far east as northern India and as far south and west as Egypt. Then Romans were the rulers of the whole area from Constantinopole‚ to Palestine and North Africa to Britain. After centuries‚ the Vikings‚ people from what is now Norway‚ Sweden‚ and Denmark‚ established colonies
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The Inca were South American Indian people who ruled one of the largest and richest empires in the America’s. The Inca Empire began to expand about 1438 and occupied a vast region that centered on the capital‚ Cusco‚ in southern Peru. The Empire extended more than 2‚500 miles (4‚020 kilometers) along the western coast of South America. It included parts of Present - Day Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Peru‚ Bolivia‚ Chile‚ and Argentina. The Inca Empire was conquered by Spanish Forces soon after their arrival
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grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico. Pochteca: were professional‚ long-distance traveling merchants in the Aztec Empire. Inca:was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America Pachacuti: was the ninth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco‚ which he transformed into the empire Tawantinsuyu‚ or the Inca Empire Split Inheritance: was the process in which a ruler’s chosen successor obtained all political power and rights‚ while the ruler’s other male descendants received all the monetary
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As I read this article‚ about the history and beauty of Machu Picchu‚ a historical monument located in Cusco Region‚ Urubamba Province‚ Machu Picchu District in Peru‚ I wondered how much effort it would have taken to build it. We know as a fact that the Incas did not have any type of advanced technology to help them carry this heavy rocks. It also surprised me the organization they had. Each “area” was directed for one purpose for instance: farming‚ building‚ hunting‚ etc. On paragraph 11‚ they
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Some things that were left at Inca ac are The Sacred Valley of the Incas‚ or Urubamba Valley‚ is located in the Andes Mountains near Cusco‚ Peru. If people went to the Inca Pisac the would see the life‚ the way they built their homes‚ their sanctuaries‚ roads and temples. They would see the Sun Temple and the Moon Temple and the Trail to Inca to Machu Picchu and the Huayna
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Machu Picchu was an Inca site built in the 15th century‚ most likely constructed as an estate for emperor Pachacuti (1438-1472). This popular archaeological site is located in the Cusco Region‚ Urubamba Province‚ Machupicchu‚ District‚ Peru on a mountain ridge above the sacred valley. This makes the site 2430 meters (7970 feet) above sea level. Although Machu Picchu was a very beautiful place‚ it was abandoned by most citizens during the Spanish Conquest. The remaining inhabitants likely died from
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Therefore‚ the Viceroyalty of Peru became the last redoubt of the Spanish Monarchy in South America. Nevertheless‚ a Creole rebellion arose in 1812 in Huánuco and another in Cusco between 1814 and 1816. Both were suppressed. These rebellions were supported by the armies of Buenos Aires. Peru finally succumbed after the decisive continental campaigns of José de San Martín (1820–1823) and Simón Bolívar (1824). While San Martin
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Peru is about 500‚000 square miles long. The population is 29.5 million people. Peru is broken up into 25 regions plus Lima. Spanish is the main language. Lima is located in the valleys of the Chillon‚ Rimoc‚ and Lurin rivers‚ in the central part of the country‚ on a desert coat overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The geography of Peru is divided up into three basic regions: The Coastal Region‚ The Amazon Basin‚ and the Andean Mountain ranges. Each region has a different climate and supports a different
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The Inca civilization was also filled with shrines around natural monuments such as mountains‚ caves‚ rivers‚ and other naturally occurring earth formations. These shrines were called huacas. Huacas were erected in locations where the Incan people of the region believed that they originated from. For example‚ in Cuzco there were many huacas marked into the side of hills and mountains because that is the location that they believed the origin of their people came from. Each area of the Inca empire
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