Post by wendland on Jan 19, 2006 1:49:27 GMT -5
Of course during the colony Peru and Bolivia were the same administrative organism. Maybe someday altiplanic Bolivia would go with Peru, and the lowlands of Sta. Cruz de la Sierra would be an independent state. Who knows.
Interestingly enough, the Inca Empire was very short lived, only about 100 years, in some areas even less, the Spanish killed it just as it was reaching a kind of apogee. In fact, the Quechua language was spread by the Spanish as a lingua franca, so it could be said that Inca-based culture (Quechua language) benefited from Spanish colonization. Also, a lot of the indigenous people in Bolivia are Aymara, so not Inca, but rather connected to Tihuanaco. I'm sure some of these bizarre nationalist populists don't even know some of these little details.
Interestingly enough, the Inca Empire was very short lived, only about 100 years, in some areas even less, the Spanish killed it just as it was reaching a kind of apogee. In fact, the Quechua language was spread by the Spanish as a lingua franca, so it could be said that Inca-based culture (Quechua language) benefited from Spanish colonization. Also, a lot of the indigenous people in Bolivia are Aymara, so not Inca, but rather connected to Tihuanaco. I'm sure some of these bizarre nationalist populists don't even know some of these little details.