History of South America

• The Coming of the Royal Family to Brazil

  The coming of the Portuguese royal family to Brazil took place on November 29, 1807 and the delegation arrived in Salvador (BA), on January 22, 1808. The refuge in Brazil was a ploy by the Prince Regent, D. João, to ensure that Portugal remained independent when it was threatened with invasion by

• Northeast Culture

  Theculture of the Northeast presents its own characteristics inherited from the interaction of the culture of the Portuguese colonizers, the blacks and the Indians. It is important to emphasize that culture represents a complex web. It includes knowledge, customs, arts, beliefs, religious cults, po

• Brazilian Culture

  The Brazilian Culture it is the result of the miscegenation of different ethnic groups that participated in the formation of the Brazilian population. The prevailing cultural diversity in Brazil is also a consequence of the large territorial extension and the characteristics generated in each regio

• Military Dictatorship in Brazil (1964-1985)

  TheMilitary Dictatorship in Brazil was an authoritarian regime that began with the military coup on March 31, 1964, with the deposition of President João Goulart. The military regime lasted 21 years (1964-1985), established censorship of the press, restriction of political rights and police persecu

• 61 general knowledge and current affairs questions

  Test your general knowledge and see if you are on top of current affairs! Question 1 “The scheme worked through the over-invoicing of works that were part of a program that aimed to accelerate economic growth in the country”. This description corresponds to a criminal operation in Brazil. This is:

• Black Consciousness

  The Black Consciousness is an expression that designates the historical and cultural perception that black people have of themselves. It also represents the struggle of black people against racial discrimination and social inequality. Day of Black Consciousness The Day of Black Consciousness, Nove

• Sacred Valley of the Incas - History of the Sacred Valley of the Incas

  A short distance from the city of Cuzco is one of the valleys with the greatest scenic and cultural richness in Peru. It was formed thousands of years ago by the currents of the Vilcanota River, the same one that in the past was called Willkañuta (house of the Sun) or Willcamayu (sacred river). Th

• Inca Urbanism - History of Inca Urbanism

  Inca urbanism has a long history. Its great development took place in the Chavin period and had Tiahuanaco as its exponent. Stone is the basic element of construction in the higher regions, while on the coast an earth brick is used. In the north and center of the mountain ranges the Cuzqueño style p

• Inca Society - History of the Inca Society

  With the arrival of Europeans came diseases, and other pests of the ancient world, such as greed and capitalism. The Inca empire was a socialism, but not a socialism as seen in the ex-USSR, it was a socialism that really thought of all the citizens that existed in the empire, they had a division of

• San Augustin - History of San Augustin

  In the Andes, at almost 2,000 meters above sea level, is one of the most important archaeological sites in South America. There, dozens of impressive stone carvings reveal the religiosity and beliefs of the local people. In this archaeological park, located near the town of San Augustin, in Col

• Inca religion

  The Inca religion , like many Native American religions, considered their deities to be beings of nature and, therefore, it is possible to observe the belief in several gods. In addition, the Incas also had myths regarding the creation of their people, as found in virtually every religion in the wor

• Inca bridges

  Inca bridges were built using textile fiber technology and are among the most impressive types of engineering constructions in Pre-Columbian America. By Me. Cláudio FernandesAssim like os Aztecs and theMayans , which distinguished themselves among the civilizations of Pre-Columbian America with

• Nasca - History of Nasca

  Another riddle The gigantic drawings engraved on the soil of the Pampa desert in Peru, testify to the mastery of an ancient people and guard one of the greatest mysteries of humanity:For what purpose were they created, since they can only be observed from the sky? The first flyby was made around

• Map of the Inca Empire - History of the Inca Empire Map

  The Incas created one of the largest and most important American empires in the mid-fifteenth century. Their domains, which stretched along the western coast of South America, spanned more than 4,000 km. The city of Cuzco, located in the south of Peru, was the capital of this Empire.Inca Civilizatio

• History of Machu Picchu

  The city of Machu Picchu was built in the 15th century and was one of the most important of the Inca civilization. By Me. Cláudio Fernandes Machu Picchu was, next to Cuzco, one of the two most important urban centers of the ancient Inca civilization . “Inca” (the son of the Sun) was the name give

• Inca Education - History of Inca Education

  Among the Incas there was an elite formed by officials, brave chiefs and even defeated chiefs who had been integrated into the empire. The children of this elite were educated in the schools of Cuzco where they learned history, astronomy, surveying, respect for a supreme god.They also fought, ran, m

• Inca Civilization - History of the Inca Civilization

  The Incas were one of the most civilized peoples in America. They mainly comprised the Quechua, Aymara, Yunka tribes, etc., which, according to the Spaniards, formed the Empire of the Incas, a name derived from the ruling family belonging to the Quechua tribe, the main one in the empire. They inhabi

• Cuzco city

  Cuzco was the center of the world for the Incas. Therefore, the Spaniards built another city on top of the sumptuous capital. The origin of Cuzco is intertwined with the legends of the Inca empire. Where the city is located, it had been inhabited for centuries before the arrival of these people, bu

• Caral - History of Caral

  The Oldest City in America? At the same time that the inhabitants of ancient Egypt were building their pyramids, the population of what is now Peru erected giant massive stone structures in CARAL, a metropolis that existed 4,600 years ago. The remains of the city, discovered in 1905, have only now

• The Ruins of Tiahuanaco - History The Ruins of Tiahuanaco

  Near Lake Titicaca, in the Bolivian altiplano, more than 3,800 meters above sea level are the ruins of an abandoned prehistoric city:TIAHUANACO. Evoking wild speculation, these ruins have been called the cradle of American civilization, and imagination has taken hold of them as few other places have