what is the machu pichu?
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This link will take you to an excellent article on Machu Picchu.
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how about it in a rap: *note:extra characters will be added*\nOne day,Picachu was hoppin' around,\nwith all his friends on the playground,\nwhen all of a sudden, Jesus came out of the sky,\nand he let out a big huge sigh.\nthen he unleashed a kick that could shater bones,\ninto the crotch of indiana jones.\nand picachui let one rip \nwhich killed everbody near his hip.\nthen jesus sliad pica, with his sword of light, \nand that was the end of the fight.
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The Amazon! In South America. Plenty of animals and plants. Oh, and natives! :-)
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undocumented. Was part of Aztec, Inca, and Maya culture. Before spain landed in the region.
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Ferdinand Megellan...\n\nAbout 10,000 years ago, migrating Native Americans settled in fertile valleys and along the coast of what is now Chile. The Incas briefly extended their empire into what is now northern Chile, but the area's barrenness prevented extensive settlement.\n\nIn 1520, while attempting to circumnavigate the earth, the Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan, discovered the southern passage now named after him, the Strait of Magellan. The next Europeans to reach Chile were Diego de Almagro and his band of Spanish conquistadors, who came from Peru in 1535 seeking gold. The Spanish encountered hundreds of thousands of Indians from various cultures in the area that modern Chile now occupies. These cultures supported themselves principally through slash-and-burn agriculture and hunting. The conquest of Chile began in earnest in 1540 and was carried out by Pedro de Valdivia, one of Francisco Pizarro's lieutenants, who founded the city of Santiago on February 12, 1541. Although the Spanish did not find the extensive gold and silver they sought, they recognized the agricultural potential of Chile's central valley, and Chile became part of the Viceroyalty of Peru.\n\n \nPedro de ValdiviaConquest of the land that is today called Chile took place only gradually, and the Europeans suffered repeated setbacks at the hands of the local population. A massive Mapuche insurrection that began in 1553 resulted in Valdivia's death and the destruction of many of the colony's principal settlements. Subsequent major insurrections took place in 1598 and in 1655. Each time the Mapuche and other native groups revolted, the southern border of the colony was driven northward. The abolition of slavery in 1683 defused tensions on the frontier between the colony and the Mapuche land to the south, and permitted increased trade between colonists and Mapuches.\n\nThe drive for independence from Spain was precipitated by usurpation of the Spanish throne by Napoleon's brother Joseph in 1808. A national junta in the name of Ferdinand—heir to the deposed king—was formed on September 18, 1810. The junta proclaimed Chile an autonomous republic within the Spanish monarchy. A movement for total independence soon won a wide following. Spanish attempts to reimpose arbitrary rule during what was called the "Reconquista" led to a prolonged struggle.\n\n \nBernardo O'HigginsIntermittent warfare continued until 1817, when an army led by Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile's most renowned patriot, and José de San Martín, hero of the Argentine War of Independence, crossed the Andes into Chile and defeated the royalists. On February 12, 1818, Chile was proclaimed an independent republic under O'Higgins' leadership. The political revolt brought little social change, however, and 19th century Chilean society preserved the essence of the stratified colonial social structure, which was greatly influenced by family politics and the Roman Catholic Church. A strong presidency eventually emerged, but wealthy landowners remained extremely powerful.\n\n \nWar of the Pacific: The Battle of Iquique on May 21, 1879Toward the end of the 19th century, the government in Santiago consolidated its position in the south by ruthlessly suppressing the Mapuche Indians. In 1881, it signed a treaty with Argentina confirming Chilean sovereignty over the Strait of Magellan. As a result of the War of the Pacific with Peru and Bolivia (1879–83), Chile expanded its territory northward by almost one-third, eliminating Bolivia's access to the Pacific, and acquired valuable nitrate deposits, the exploitation of which led to an era of national affluence. The Chilean Civil War in 1891 brought about a redistribution of power between the President and Congress, and Chile established a parliamentary style democracy. However, the Civil War had also been a contest between those who favored the development of local industries and powerful Chilean banking
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INCA KOLA is from Peru but you can buy that shirt just about anywhere they sell spanish food or the bodagaz that sell spanish music they always have shirt with spanish logos, I can get one for you my bf is from peru.
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brazil, chile, columbia
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Inca\nThe Inca empire, which controlled much of the Andes of South America, was overthrown as a result of the Spanish conquest in 1532. As they did to the aztec civilization in mesoamerica, the Spanish exploited local political divisions to bring about a swift collapse of imperial authority. The Inca had, themselves, only recently achieved such political and military dominance, with their expansion out of the region of Cuzco beginning only about a century earlier. In one sense, the Inca were the clear successors of earlier cultures, such as the moche and the chavín, but in terms of political organization, the Inca system of imperial control, which (where possible) allowed for the retention of local religions and power structures, was a unique development. Major sites such as Machu Picchu and Cuzco and their extensive network of roads and bridges, irrigation systems, and terracing demonstrate the Inca's abilities as engineers and builders, but their material culture (particularly in textiles) was also of the finest order.\n\nMaya Civilization\nOne of the great cultures of mesoamerica, Maya civilization extended throughout southern mexico and northern Central America. The Maya territory included what are now the southernmost Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Chiapas, as well as all of belize and guatemala and the westernmost parts of Honduras and el salvador. In terms of geography the Maya area is often divided into three regions. The northern two regions (called the northern and southern lowlands, respectively) are formed by the low, limestone shelf that is\nthe Yucatán Peninsula. Here the natural vegetation is tropical forest, featuring true high-canopy “jungle” in the south but becoming increasingly low and thorny as one moves to the northwest of the peninsula. Because of the porous limestone bedrock, there are few rivers in these regions. Particularly in the northern lowlands, access to water has traditionally been from cenotes, or natural sinkholes, in the limestone formations. The third region, the southern highlands, is much more mountainous, formed in large part by a string of volcanoes that lie along the Pacific coast.\nThe florescence of Maya civilization was the classic period, from a.d. 250 to 900, and it was centered in the Maya lowlands. Before this time, however, there was a long period of cultural development, both in the lowlands and in the southern highlands.\nThe history of human occupation in the Maya area stretches back at least 12,000 years, as shown by the scattered remains of hunting camps. Subsistence based on hunting and gathering lasted for millennia, but evidence suggests that by about 2000 b.c. there were farming villages in some parts of the Maya area and that by 1000 b.c. most of the Maya area was inhabited by village agriculturalists.\nAztecs\n“Aztecs” is the name popularly used today to label the people of central mexico that Hernán Cortés conquered in 1521. Actually, “the Aztecs” never used the term to describe themselves; rather, they were Nahuatl-speaking peoples divided into about twenty different ethnic groups. The most famous of these groups, and the preeminent one when the Spaniards arrived in Mexico, were the Mexica, whose capital was tenochtitlán.
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The Chupacabra or Chupacabras is a creature said to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated particularly with Puerto Rico, where it was first reported, Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities. The name, which translates literally from Spanish as "goat-sucker", comes from its reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. Sightings began in Puerto Rico in the early 1990s, and have since been reported as far north as the Carolinas and as far south as Chile.\n\nThough some argue that the chupacabra may be a real creature, mainstream scientists and experts generally contend that the chupacabra is a legendary creature, or a type of urban legend.
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My friend\n\nhere you have\n\nwww.peru.info
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Inca Life & Achievement\n\nIn less than a century, the Incas developed and knitted together a vast empire peopled by something like twenty million Indians. They established an imperial religion in some harmony with those of their subject tribes; erected monolithic fortresses, salubrious palaces and temples; and, astonishingly, evolved a viable economy - strong enough to maintain a top-heavy elite in almost godlike grandeur. To understand these achievements and get some idea of what they must have meant in Peru five or six hundred years ago, you really have to see for yourself their surviving heritage: the stones of Inca ruins and roads; the cultural objects in the museums of Lima and Cusco; and their living descendants who still work the soil and speak Quechua - the language used by the Incas to unify their empire. We've included but the briefest of introductions to their history, society and achievements.\n\nInca society The Inca Empire rapidly developed a hierarchical structure . At the highest level it was governed by the Sapa Inca , son of the sun and direct descendant of the god Viracocha.\n\nExpansion and control\nIn Inca eyes the known world was their empire, and expansion therefore limitless. They divided their territories into four basic regions, or suyos , each radiating from the central plaza in Cusco: Chincha Suyo (northwest), Anit Suyo (northeast), Cunti Suyo (southwest) and Colla Suyo (southeast). Each suyo naturally had its own particular problems and characteristics but all were approached in the same way - initially being demoralized or forced into submission by the Inca army, later absorbed as allies for further conquests. In this way the Incas never seemed to overextend their lines to the fighting front.\n\nEconomy, agriculture and building\nThe main resources available to the Inca Empire were agricultural land and labour, mines (producing precious and prestigious metals such as gold, silver or copper), and fresh water, abundant everywhere except along the desert coast. With careful manipulation of these resources, the Incas managed to keep things moving the way they wanted. Tribute in the form of service ( mita) played a crucial role in maintaining the empire and pressurizing its subjects into ambitious building and irrigation projects. Some of these projects were so grand that they would have been impossible without the demanding whip of a totalitarian state.\n\nArts and crafts\nSurprisingly, perhaps, Inca masonry was very rarely carved or adorned in any way. Smaller stone items, however, were frequently ornate and beautiful. High technical standards were achieved, too, in pottery . Around Cusco especially, the art of creating and glazing ceramics was highly developed. They were not so advanced artistically, however; Inca designs generally lack imagination and variety, tending to have been mass-produced from models evolved by previous cultures. The most common pottery object was the aryballus, a large jar with a conical base and a wide neck thought to have been used chiefly for storing chicha. Its decoration was usually geometric, often associated with the backbone of a fish; the central spine of the pattern was adorned with rows of spikes radiating from either side. Fine plates were made with anthropomorphic handles, and large numbers of cylindrically tapering goblets - keros - were manufactured, though these were often of cedar wood rather than pottery.\n\nReligion\nThe Inca religion was easily capable of incorporating the religious features of most subjugated regions. The setting for beliefs, idols and oracles, more or less throughout the entire empire, had been preordained over the previous two thousand years: a general recognition of certain creator deities and a whole pantheon of nature-related spirits, minor deities and demons. The customary form of worship varied a little according to the locality, but everywhere they went the Incas (and later the Spanish) found the creator god among other anim
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The country is Belize
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Mayan work for shark (XOC) pronounced shock or shawk
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The candirú or canero (Vandellia cirrhosa) or Toothpick Fish is a freshwater fish in the group commonly called the catfishes. It is found in the Amazon River and has a reputation among the natives as the most feared fish in its waters, even over the piranha. The species grows only to a size of an inch in length and is eel shaped and translucent, making it almost impossible to see in the water. The candiru is a parasite. It swims into the gill cavities of other fishes, erects a spine to hold itself in place, and feeds on the blood in the gills, earning it a nickname as the "vampire fish of Brazil".\n\nIt is feared by the natives because it is attracted to urine or blood, and if the bather is nude it will swim into an orifice (the anus or vagina, or even in the case of smaller specimens the penis - and perhaps deep into the urethra). It then erects its spine and begins to feed on the blood and body tissue just as it would from the gills of a fish. The candiru is then almost impossible to remove except through an operation. As the fish locates its prey by following the water flow from the gills to its source, urinating while bathing increases the chance of a candiru "homing in" on a human urethra.\n\nA traditional option is the use of two plants, the Xagua plant (Genipa americana) and the Buitach apple which are inserted (or their extract in the case of tight spaces) into the affected area. These two plants together will kill and then dissolve the fish. More often, infection causes shock and death in the victim before it can be removed.
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Lapu-lapu killed Magellan. (Lapu-lapu a tribal chief)\nThe cook killed lapu-lapu. (lapu-lapu a type of fish)\n\nThis is a joke from the Philippines, in the Philippines they spell joke like this dyok, but it is pronounced they same.\n\nJose Rizal was one of the leaders of the movement from independence.\n\nAfter the Spanish-American War the Philippines was purchased by the United States for $10,000,000.00. The Philippines was considered a territory of the US until after World War II.\n\nI hope this helps, I have found that the Encyclopedia Britanica has a very nice article on the Philippines.
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I assume you mean the "Codz Pop" at Kabah.  This is so named because the repeating pattern of Chac masks look like a Maya weaving of the rain deity Chac (Pop means "woven mat").\n\n[By the way, these faces are not called "Chac Mol" - which is a made-up word by archaeologists for the type of reclining statues found at Chichen Itza, Tula and elsewhere.  In modern Maya, Chacmool is also used as the term for "jaguar" - which has nothing to do with the current conversation.  The proper term is simply "Chac" commonly known as the rain god of Yucatec Maya religion]\n\nThe long-nosed mosaic chac "masks" on the Codz Pop are a brilliant piece of architectural decoration.  On the back of the structure are monuments to sacrifice and warfare.\n\nTo directly answer your question, honestly, we archaeologists don't know what exactly the Codz Pop of Kabah was used for.  Some scholars guess that it was a "council house" for the leaders of the political unit of Kabah to meet in and make decisions.  But this is only an educated guess on the part of archaeologists.  This guess is based upon the idea that many of the "palaces" (long thin structures with many rooms) that show clear indications of rulership were likely meeting places for royalty.\n\nFor photos of this and other Puuc sites, may I suggest the link I've inlcuded in the "sources" section.
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Absolutely nothing. Your question is wrong.\n\nMachakos is a town in Kenya, 64 kilometres southeast of Nairobi and it is the capital of the Machakos district in Eastern Province of Kenya. People who live here are mostly the Akambas. Machakos is surrounded by hilly terrain, with a high number of family farms. Machakos was established in 1889, ten years before Nairobi.\n\n\nSudan-related peace talks were held in Machakos, resulting in the Machakos Protocol in July 20, 2002.