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    Machu Picchu is a beautiful place to come and visit. The breathtaking setting to the old architecture in the middle of the Andes mountains is marvelous. The untouched artifacts and the finest quality Inca houses that were built ages ago just adds on to the other magnificent scenery there. A lot of known and unknown facts have been left there waiting for someone to find them which Hiram Bingham did in 1911. Here is many different ways Machu Picchu is a cool place just to visit and explore. The…

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    Peru Vs Yale Case Study

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    Yale University once housed crates of items from Machu Picchu that date back to the 15th century. Yale purchased the items from Peru, the University displayed many of the items including ceramics, jewelry, and human remains at the Peabody museum for over 100 years. However, the government of Peru sued to have the artifacts returned and in 2010 Peru won and Yale returned the artifacts. Peru won the court case on the basis that the artifacts were the cultural heritage of the people of Peru (Buying…

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    coast of Cusco) and also called "The Lost City of the Incas" It symbolizes the Inca Empire. Machu Picchu are assembled around AD 1400 but it became famous for tourist in 1911 because of the American historian Hiram Bingham. In this history, Machu Picchu was asserted a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. It has been considered culturally important place since Spanish conquered the Incas. The classical Inca style with dry-stone are major building style,…

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    El Chaapo Punishment

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    In February 1992, police find the bodies of six El Chapo’s top lieutenants dumped along Tijuana highways the six men had been tortured and shot. In November 1992, six people are gunned down at a discotheque in Puerto Vallarta by gunmen working for El Chapo. Whose targets are traffickers in the Tijuana cartel. A year later in May 1993, gunmen with the Tijuana attempt to assassinate El Chapo in retribution, firing upon a vehicle at an airport. El Chapo escape unharmed but the cardinal archbishop…

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    the disease while he was there. This rapid spread of smallpox in the Inca empire also quickly killed his designated heirs, creating a civil war amongst the destruction of the epidemic just in time for the arrival of the Europeans. The loss of a stable power in the Inca empire led to its fall due to Pizzaro’s military knowledge and ability to manipulate the rival brothers (Atahualpa and Huascar) fighting for the right to rule the Inca empire against each other and eventually conquest the empire…

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    1. Coca-Cola soda-produced by Coca-Cola company. 2. Toyota Fielder-a brand produced by Toyota company. Strategies employed by the Coca-Cola company in producing their products. The Coca-Cola company is a worldwide business operating on a local scale in any place they do business. The company is recognizable globally. It has a strong system comprising of many bottling partners and itself. All the partners distribute the products to the suppliers-grocery stores, restaurants and many other places…

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    from coastal Peruvians. We are because of our cultural traits. We are visual, silent, introverts, stoic and very much good listeners and enjoy jokes spoken in the Quechua language. Cultural traits inherited and transformed out of the clash between the Inca and the Spanish culture. The Nobel Prize winner Vargas llosa is correct indicating that our Spanish language in Cusco is old, archaic and more likely spoken as we were in colonial times. Correct.…

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    Quito Research Paper

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    of Volcanoes. Most are dormant bringing a safe way to enjoy variety of wavy mesmerizing snow-capped mountains, and a half of million of the friendliest people you will meet in South America. Situated between Colombia and Peru on top of the historic Inca empire remains, Quito is now divided into two sections; “Old Town” (“Centro Historico”), lined with traditional, colonial European pastel colored buildings with red tile roofs on narrow cobbled stone streets that are architectural masterpieces -…

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    Hola! Ecuador is a South American country located on the west coast. Culture plays a big role in Ecuador’s food, clothing, festivals, and holidays. All these things make up the beautiful country and its culture. Ecuador is an amazing country with lots of history and heritage. The country is next made of three parts, la costa, la sierra, and la oriente. The la costa is the coast of Ecuador is the low west coast. La sierra is made up of volcanoes, mountain ranges, valleys and plains. La sierra is…

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    Picchu is often believed to be the ruins of Vilcabamba, the last capital of the Inca civilization. By the time Mr. Bingham stumbled upon this historical treasure, people had been trying to find the location of Vilcabamba or Vitcos for 400 years! Vilcabamba was the secret hiding place of Manco II when he fled the Spanish Conquest in 1535. Machu Picchu is believed by many to be the ruins of Vitcos. Machu Picchu is…

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