Describe The Geography Of Your Civilization

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1. Describe the geography of your civilization.
The Andes are a mountain range in South America. The mountain range is the second highest in the world, and the longest mountain range (4,500 miles long) in the world running from Colombia to Chile. They comprise much of the western coast of south america and the the nations within the andes are Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile.

2. When did your civilization begin?
Because the Andes is not civilization but a region, there is no one starting date of civilization, however it is estimated that by around 2000 BCE the way of life took a drastic change towards modernity.
3. How did your civilization get food and what sort of things did they eat?
By 6000 BCE, they gave up the nomadic life

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