All About Peru Research Paper

Machu Picchu is one of the great Wonders of the World and a popular travel destination. The massive 15th century Inca citadel is located in Peru, sitting over 2,000-metres above the sea level. The mysterious structures have tickled our imagination ever since it was brought to the world’s attention in 1911.

Machu Picchu the lost city of the Inca is lying on a mountain edge 2,430 meter (7,970 ft) above ocean level and it is situated in Peru. In 2007, the recorded place of Peru "Machu Picchu" was voted as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in an overall Internet survey. (Wikipedia, 2017)

Machu Picchu is located in the north west of Cuzco, Peru and is one of the 7 wonders of the world.

Peru is located in western South America and it shares borders with Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador and the South Pacific Ocean. Peru is about 1.28 million square kilometers. There are three major regions in Peru: a narrow coastal belt, the wide Andean mountains and the Amazon Basin. The coast is mostly a desert, but contains Peru's major cities. The Andes has two main ranges - Cordillera Occidental and Oriental. Oriental includes Peru's highest mountain called Huascaran, it a peaks out at 22,200ft. On the east side is the Amazon Basin, a region of tropical lowland, the water there is carried out by the Maranon and Ucayali rivers.

Peru’s music has a style of music and dance known as Afro-Peru: a mixture of African and Peru culture. Within the music, the music has a style of soul. The dance is highly energetic and sensual, which can be traced back to African

Peru is much smaller in land mass and population and is unique in its culture. The history of the country is interesting; Peru was once part of the Incan Empire, the largest Native American Empire in the world. It started in Peru and made allies with other tribes to get to its massive size. The empire got about eight to ten million people before Francisco Pizarro came with his conquistadores. Francisco Pizarro started his conquest on 1531 and ended it in 1534. On July 28, 1821, Peru proclaimed its independence, but the Spanish were not finally defeated until 1824. The Mexican Native Americans known as the Aztecs were more cruel when expanding. They would raid other tribes and murder or sell off the people. They got to around 5 million inhabitants before Hernandez Cortez came and destroyed the empire with his army of Spaniards .

The Andes Mountains run through the centre of Peru. West of the Andes is the Atacama Desert which is one of the driest regions in the world. East of the Andes is rainforests and jungles. The Peruvian Amazon cover sixty percent of the country.

Peru is rich with minerals, natural resources, and precious metals such as silver, gold, copper, timber, iron ore, coal, potash, phosphate, petroleum, and natural gas. Natural resources have created Peru's infrastructure jump in growth in recent years. Peru has been building roads that go through different types of terrain to include mountains, rainforest and urban areas. Peruvians have updated their railway systems that transport civilians to and from their jobs all throughout the country. Although Peru is wealthy; unfortunately the majority of this income from these natural resources does not make it to the miners and farmers that work long days in order to acquire the resources for global sale. Many of Peru's citizens still live in poverty

The country of Peru has many artistic roots and still make art to this day. Peruvians first made chavin vases in 1500 BC and earlier and the Inca knotted strings.

The country I have is Ecuador. Ecuador is located in South America. People in Ecuador speak Spanish. Ecuador was founded in August 10, 1809. Ecuador is called Ecuador because it is The Republic of the Equator. There is a place in Ecuador where you can stand on the Northern and Southern side of the equator. Ecuador is the fourth smallest country in South America. There are a total of ten different languages that are spoken in Ecuador. The main religion in Ecuador is Roman Catholic. I will be talking about the colors of the flag, what the mountain on the flag means, and what the river means.

Macchu Picchu is a pre-Columbian 15th century Inca site that is located in the Cusco region of Peru in South America and is situated 7,970 ft. above sea level (UNESCO World Heritage Centre, pdf ). The site is located on a mountainous region that towers over the HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urubamba_Valley" o "Urubamba Valley"Urubamba Valley, region of the Utramba River, and is 80 kilometers (or 50 miles) northwest of HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" o "Cusco"Cusco, the capital of Peru. Built in 1400, the Incas abandoned the city at the time of the Spanish conquest one hundred years later. In the early 20th century, Hiram Bingham, an American archeologist, found and introduced the city to the world, and since then many of the buildings have been reconstructed in order to provide tourists with some idea of the original Peru (Nava,

what people do, what they say, and the artifacts people use. In class, we studied Peru's culture through college

Peruvians enjoy a free government and one of the richest histories in the world. Peru’s history has legendary beginnings and leads to a revolution. Furthermore, the Peruvian government allows civil liberties and freedoms. Come and go back in time to the Incas and lead through until Peru’s founding government.

Peruvian food culture is also related with the natural conditions, from east to west is divided into three parts: the west coastal area, central Andes plateau, eastern Amazon jungle region. In contrast, in the eastern part of the diet or in the indigenous culture dominated the west coastal areas due mostly immigrants, tastes more complicated.

Most people are likely to relate to stereotypes when thinking about Lima, Peru, and this is mainly owed to the fact that there has been a lot of bad publicity related to the location in the recent years. Like all major cities from around the world it can be a dangerous place for a na誰ve person, but as long as one knows how to stay close to the group that he or she is travelling with and ignores strangers who seem suspicious everything is likely to be all right. Avoiding taxi drivers who ask for more money than a usual fare would cost and individuals who want to sell overpriced objects is basically all that a tourist should consider while visiting Lima.