social facts of andean region

social facts of andean region

1. Although the Andes Mountains stretch from Venezuela to the southern tip of the continent, it is conventional to call "Andean" only those people who were once part of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire in the central Andes, or those influenced by it. Still, the Andean region is very wide. It encompasses the peoples of Ecuador, including those on the wet coast, many of whose contacts were as frequent with the maritime peoples, both north and south, as with the peoples of the highlands.

   • Also included are the towns that for the past four and a half centuries have occupied the highlands of northern Chile and Argentina. (For a description of the northern Andean peoples, see Central American Indians and northern Andean people. For additional cultural and historical information, see pre-Columbian civilizations: Andean civilization).
     • The Andean people's resources were: wild game, fish, precious metals, land to raise crops, and livestock
       • How the people of the Andes evolved to live in high altitudes. Scarce oxygen, cold temperatures, and intense ultraviolet radiation make the Andes a tough place to live
         • Traducir del: inglés 243/5000 The most powerful of the Andean peoples were the Inca. Their civilization began in the 1100s, but greatly expanded its power after 1438. That is when Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, a skilled warrior and leader, declared himself Sapa Inca, or emperor
           • Although the Andes Mountains extend from Venezuela to the southern tip of the continent, it is conventional to call “Andean” only the people who were once part of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire in the Central Andes, or those influenced by it.

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