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The name 'Amazon' is said to arise from a battle Francisco de Orellana fought with a tribe of Tapuyas. The women of the tribe fought alongside the men, as was the custom among the tribe. [ 1 ] Orellana described the river as "the river of the Amazons", referring to the mythical Amazons of Asia described by Herodotus (see The Histories [4.110 ...
This is a timeline of Amazon history, which dates back at least 11,000 years ago, when humans left indications of their presence in Caverna da Pedra Pintada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Here is a brief timeline of historical events in the Amazon River valley.
Amazon began search for Amazon HQ2, a second company headquarters to house up to 50,000 employees. [149] [150] 2018 January 18 Company Amazon narrows down the choices of its second headquarters location to 20 places. [151] 2018 January 22 Company Amazon opens a cashier-less grocery store to the public. [152] 2018 September 19 International
The Amazon is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet,with some 3 million species living under its moist tropical canopy. But because of its dense vegetation and otherwise unforgiving ...
A cluster of "lost cities" that flourished for a millennia have been discovered by archaeologists in the Amazon, with the findings published in the journal Science on Thursday.. Laser imagery ...
The Amazon was a favorable environment for the development of these prehistoric societies, since they flourished on the banks of large rivers, which were numerous in the region. According to archaeological and ethno-historical data, the Amazon and Orinoco rivers were the main places where these organizations settled in South America and Central ...
Not knowing it, the expedition of Gaspar de Carvajal carried diseases of the Old World, particularly smallpox, malaria and yellow fever into the deep areas of the Amazon. "One writer ( Antonio Vieira , 1842) estimated that in the 37 years between 1615 and 1652, more than two million Indians living on the lower Amazon died as a result of these ...
Around 16 million years ago, a dolphin giant cruised the depths of its watery domain. But unlike most modern dolphins, its home wasn’t an ocean; it lived in a freshwater lake in the Peruvian Amazon.