The nation now known as Peru has a long history, which begins before the arrival of the Europeans to the New World. The geography of the land, as always, played a major role in the development of the new nation. The indigenous peoples molded their existence according to the land, and the conquistadors from Spain would have to deal with the often times treacherous terrain in many parts of Peru. Political upheaval and dissatisfaction would …showed first 75 words of 2237 total…

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