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- Peru Guide
- History of Peru
History of Peru
Before your eyes, the history of Peru reveals the long and painful process by which two great cultures challenged each other and finally produced a new cycle in the cultural evolution. Imperial Spain and the Incan empire have long since disappeared, but modern Peru (child of the two) today stands confidently on the threshold of the future.
History of Peruvian Archaeology
Peruvian ArchaeologyThe story of the origins and development of Peruvian archaeology begins with the earliest Spanish contact in 1524, and continues through the Colonial and Independence periods, leading at the close ...
Religion and Gods in Ancient Peru
Gods, Spirits, Deities & Worshipping in PeruLike most ancient peoples, the Incas and their contemporaries worshipped multiple gods. Yet there was an unmistakable tendency for each group to recognize a single god as supremely significant, at ...
Jorge Basadre Grohmann (1903 -1980)
Peruvian Personalities & FoundersJorge Basadre Grohmann is one of the most notable Peruvian historians. As a professor, researcher and publicist Jorge Basadre opened a new page in the view of history, introducing innovative method...- Educator
- Historian
- Writer
Abraham Valdelomar Pinto (1888 -1919)
Peruvian Personalities & FoundersPedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was a famous Peruvian writer leaving us some of the most beautiful Peruvian narrations, short stories, plays for theaters, essays and chronicles; and for his time eve...- Politician
- Writer
José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles (1914-1941)
Peruvian Personalities & FoundersJosé Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles was a famous Peruvian aviaor. Named the best fighter pilot of the year 1939, he was the first cadet performing an inverted loop and three "tanneaux verticales", a pi...- Aviator
- Militarian
Spanish rule in Peru (1533 - 1824)
Political History of PeruAfter the Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus on its way to find a new route to India and the Spice Islands set foot on the Caribbean islands of San Salvador (October 1492) and Hisp...
Independence of Peru (1821 - 1824)
Political History of PeruWhen Napoleonic France invaded and occupied Spain during the Peninsular War (1807 – 1814) installing Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon’s brother, on the Spanish throne, aspirations for independence from S...
Early Republican times in Peru (1824 - 1879)
Political History of PeruAfter independence Peru had a hard time with the transition from the feudal society imposed by the Spanish Viceroyalty to a self-governed democratic Republic.
War of the Pacific (1879 - 1884)
Political History of PeruThe War of the Pacific, also known as Saltpeter War or Ten Cents War, arose from a dispute between Chile and Bolivia over valuable mineral deposits in the Atacama Desert.
Aristocratic Republic (1884 - 1930)
Political History of PeruAfter the War of the Pacific, the war expenditures, the loss of revenue from the Tarapaca region and a devastated country led to political instability with different civilian and military forces ai...
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