Questions tagged [south-america]
Questions related to the history of the continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere but also partially north of the Equator, consisting at present of 12 sovereign nations.
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Why did Russia, Cuba, NK, China support the Peruvian government during the internal conflict?
This Wikipedia page has me scratching my head at the righthand information panel especially at the information under "Belligerents". According to the list China, North Korea, Cuba, Russia (...
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Was the fall of the Inca Empire inevitable? [closed]
Some time ago I watched a documentary on Inca Empire, since its creation to the death of Túpac Amaru. Although it wasn't stated explicitly, I came out of it with an impression that after Manco Inca ...
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Did Spanish missions block exploration of South America?
According to The river sea : the Amazon in history, myth, and legend, page 112,
In any study of these wild regions [of South America], one is constantly astounded, even moved, regardless of one's ...
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Is there basis in saying Venezuela was Aragonese?
So... This sounds like a silly question even to me, but this is the background. In the recent TV show, Bolivar, there is an Inspector of Weights and Measures for Caracas who comes in to weigh a ...
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How possible was it for colonizers to sail up the Paraná River to today's states of Paraná and São Paulo?
I know that there was a harbor as far as in Porto Feliz (state of São Paulo) on Tietê river. But I wonder whether it was only for the downstream transport, or also the upstream.
I have searched on ...
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Any idea what type of 1920-1930s tank this is?
It's sitting in front of Escuela Militar in Lima, Peru. Looks like a 1930's French or British tank/tankette (Bolivia used some UK tanks in a war in the 30s). Not in the AMR3x series as far as I ...
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What were the main centres of population in South America in 1500 AD?
I'm especially interested in the areas outside the Andes, but a general overview of known sites of urbanisation in the continent in that era would be great.
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Is there a population density map of pre-Columbian South America?
I have found such maps for North America, e.g. this one:
But never for the southern continent. The goal is a broad overview. How many Lokono were there, compared to the Mapuche (and the Cree for that ...
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Looking for colonial era evidence of Jesuit missions from San Martin Peru up to the Pastaza river
if there are any Peruvian colonial era history experts out there, I'm looking for a citable source of some kind for the following scenario.
In my research I've noticed an interesting discrepancy in ...
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Did the Inca Empire know about the Polynesians, or vice versa?
I'll split this question into two parts.
Pre-Columbus: There's some evidence that Polynesians traveled back and forth between Oceania and South America before the arrival of Europeans. The sweet ...
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Did Spanish priests fight in South America?
I have been reading up (vi Wikipedia) on El Dorado and the Spanish and English expeditions through South America. It seems pretty clear that there were Priests and Scholars who would accompany ...
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How many military coups was the USA involved in continental America? [closed]
Chomsky recently pointed out that the mass migration seen on our TVs from Central America has its roots in USA meddling in the governance of countries south of its border. For example the military ...
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When did the Sateré-Mawé people start using Bullet Ants in their initiation rites?
I just read the very short wiki article on the Satere-Mawe people from South America. They have an initiation rite where a bunch of Bullet Ants sting someone for 10 minutes, and not only that, but to ...
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Why did North America economically prosper, and maintain stable government and South/Central America didn't?
Disclaimer: I understand this is a generalized statement and doesn't account for every scenario (for example: the US civil war).
In general, why, over the course of our whole history, have the United ...
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How was silver/gold mining done in colonial Americas?
I've heard a lot about the vast amounts of silver and gold that Spain brought back from the Americas. I imagine that they looted the Aztecs and other peoples at first, but silver/gold exports ...
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Did any European ever witness a major Inca religious festival?
Did any European witness an Inca religious festival?
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Why were North American indigenous peoples underdeveloped?
During the Pre-Columbian period of the New World the Incas, Aztecs, Mayans, and many more civilizations roamed the land of south North America and all of South America. They were far more advanced and ...
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Why didn't the Incan Empire use iron?
They could mine copper and silver, but not iron. Was there a reason to not use such materials to build advanced mining tools to work with Iron? What was their main limitation? Couldn't they build ...
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What is the history of bauxite mining in South America?
I've been googling this for a few days but have not found much definitive data yet. What I want to know is a rough timeline of bauxite mining in South America. Central America would be good too.
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Why did the Portuguese colonies stay united whereas the Spanish ones split up? [duplicate]
Why did the South-American Portuguese colonies unite into one country, Brazil, whereas the South-American Spanish colonies split into many different countries, i.e. Argentina, Peru, Chile, etc?
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The region of Viceroy Toledo's Reductions (Reducciones)?
I'm trying to find the geographic boundaries for the native resettlement implemented by Toledo, Viceroy of Peru, as a part of his Toledo reforms. This resettlement is distinct from the later Jesuit ...
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Alignment of South American and Egyptian Pyramids [closed]
I don't remember when and where I hear, but I remember something like this: several pyramids in Egypt are aligned with pyramids in South America .
That is, in South America are several (if correctly ...
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Where was the Buenos Aires - Lima Spanish Royal Road?
the Royal Road was a designation assigned to any road administered by the Spanish Crown, including through its viceroys. During the Spanish Empire, several such roads ran through the expanses of ...
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Explaining differences in settler-first peoples mating [duplicate]
There was fairly little mixing between European settlers and the first peoples in what is today USA and Canada. There was extensive mixing in what is today Mexico (modern day: 65% Mestizo, 17.5% ...
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Land concentration in Columbia
I am looking for elaboration for the following passage, which I found in Wikipedia:
"In 1968 and 1969 alone, the INCORA issued more than 60,000 land titles to farmers and workers. Despite this, ...
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Chemical Evidence for Ancient Trans-Atlantic Trade
I remember reading a book some years ago that claimed there was chemical evidence of trans-Atlantic trade in ancient times from traces of cocaine being found in Egyptian mummies. I cannot remember ...
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How were the modern countries in South America formed?
I do not know much about South America which is why I am here. Since most were colonies, mixtures of many races and cultures and nearly all spoke the same language, how did it end up with so many ...
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Why did native Americans and Europeans mix in South America but not in North America?
A large part of the current population of South America are descendants of both native Americans and Europeans. In contrast, in north America the intermingling of native Americans and Europeans was ...
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What factors led some South American governments to be sympathetic to Nazi war criminals?
What were some of the factors that contributed to some South American governments being so sympathetic to Nazi war criminals that they harbored them?
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In what year was the conquest of the Incas completed?
Following my other post about the Inca and Francisco Pizarro, I would like to know a simple fact: What year was the conquest of the Incas completed?
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How come Incas believed that the Spanish were the incarnation of their “thunder god”?
I have recently been studying Francisco Pizarro and his domination over the Incas. I watched a clip called "Guns, Germs, and Steel". It was quite interesting, how Pizarro dominated the Incas with only ...
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Why did the Dutch, French & British acquire minor colonies in South America?
We know that South America was partitioned between Spain and Portugal in the early days of empire when Spain and Portugal were the major powers. Later, in the 19th century, when Spain and Portugal ...
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