It’s volcanicly active.
Guinea pigs are food.
Chinchilla hair is from there and the woven blankets are expensive.
It’s the original area the Inca’s expanded out from.
More than one Indian culture came from the area, and they fought in Peru for dominance.
The last Inca ruler defended against the Spainish in Peru
The climate runs from temperate to tropical, and they can grow just about every crop in Peru.
They use terace farming and irigation. The soil for these farms was brought in from else where and is stuctured in layers showing the knowledge of how use intensive farming techniques…
There is a site of old ruins where the people of Peru go in the summer for I think it’s sport competitions, but I’m not sure.
The lake by the ruins has a depth of about one foot over the entire area.
The condor is to be found in some off the highest mountains in the world in Peru.
The first use of special rations now standard gear on mountain expectditions was used climbing the tallest peak in the Andes, the name which I don’t remember.
The Amazon water shed starts at the foot hills on the eastern side of Peru.
Peon is a common worker in Peru.
Lamas and mules are used to transverse the mountains
Geneticly deverse specimines of potatoes, corn and ameranth have been retreived from Peru in the last 30 years.
The Pudu can be eaten, but becomes horrible to eat if they have a chance to run.
The emeralds used through out the Inca empire where mined in Peru.
Gold was also taken from Peru, but not all the Inca gold.
I believe the Temple Of The Sun was located in Peru, there’s something about a black rock in a pool tied into this site I’m thinking of. I may have confused the name with the one Brazil with the gold tree.
Many dwellings and military posts were on cliffs and only a few small hand holds and very narrow ledges led to them.
Inca’s used tunnels to travel miles during attacks. It’s possible that they could traveled hundreds of miles this way if rumors of there extent are true. Some of the tunnel remants are open to travelers in Peru I believe.
Runing messengers and relay stations were in Peru along with the rest of the Inca empire.
The Incain religion and the Catholic religion were combined by natives into a Catholic religion that doesn’t match the religion taught in the Vatican. It rumured that secretive gatherings of the Inca decendants still practice the old Inca religion. I can believe this, because religions are hard to extinguish.
It is rumured that the Inca gold was hidden in Peru’s mountains when the Spainish killed the Emperor the gold was a ransom for. The train of gold was rumered to have entered a cave from witch no Inca was seen to leave.
Lake Titicaca is the highest lake in the world.
The Nasca Lines of Peru are being destroyed forever, because garbage trucks take short cuts across them.
Machu Picchu is the highest known Incan settlement, and likely there strong hold in defending against the other groups of invading forces. They used a retanglar mantel in their stone dwellings.
Peruvians wear a felt hat that is unique to the region, and bright adornments. The alpacho wool poncho is used in Peru and I believe it’s from there originaly. The women carry the wears to market. Smoking it done by women and men, and is not frowned upon.
Peruvian music is great, and it involves flutes, guitars, and a hand drum. Some of the music is Home of the Inca King (I love this one), and Flight of the Condor.
I have to stop now as it’s taken way to much time and enough is enough.
