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  2. Letters from a Peruvian Woman - Wikipedia

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    Print. Letters from a Peruvian Woman ( French: Lettres d'une Péruvienne) is a 1747 epistolary novel by Françoise de Graffigny. It tells the story of Zilia, a young Incan princess, who is abducted from the Temple of the Sun by the Spanish during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. In a series of letters to her fiancé Aza, who is also the ...

  3. Peru - Wikipedia

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    Peru, [e] officially the Republic of Peru, [f] is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the ...

  4. Pre-Columbian Peru - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Peruvian territory was inhabited 14,000 years ago by hunters and gatherers. Subsequent developments include the appearance of sedentary communities that developed agriculture and irrigation, and the emergence of complex socio-political hierarchies that created sophisticated civilizations, technology and monumental construction.

  5. Mummy Juanita - Wikipedia

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    116.114 .117.118. Momia Juanita ( Spanish for " Mummy Juanita"), also known as the Lady of Ampato, is the well-preserved frozen body of a girl from the Inca Empire who was killed as a human sacrifice to the Inca gods sometime between 1440 and 1480, when she was approximately 12–15 years old. [1] She was discovered on the dormant stratovolcano ...

  6. Periodization of pre-Columbian Peru - Wikipedia

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    Periodization of pre-Columbian Peru. This is a chart of cultural periods of Peru and the Andean Region developed by John Rowe and Edward Lanning and used by some archaeologists studying the area. An alternative dating system was developed by Luis Lumbreras and provides different dates for some archaeological finds.

  7. Mapuche textiles - Wikipedia

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    Mapuche textiles. Traditional Mapuche poncho exhibited in Museo Artesanía Chilena. One of the best-known arts of the Mapuche is their textiles. The tradition of Mapuche textile production dates back to pre-Hispanic times and continues up to this day. Prior to the 20th century Mapuche textiles and ponchos in particular were important trade items.

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