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[citation needed] Prehispanic Chile was peopled by diverse Amerindian people who were located around the Andes and the coast. In the area to the north of the country, the Aymara and the Atacama began to cultivate land from the 11th century in the style of the Incas (growing plants on terraces on the sides of mountains with canal systems).
Fanschop: A glass of half beer and half orange soda Fanta. Jote: Red wine with cola, popular among students. Melon con vino: Honeydew melon, called Melon Tuna in Chile, with the top cut off and filled with ice and wine. Navegado: Warm red wine with slices of orange and sugar, similar to mulled wine.
Chinchorro mummy, south coast of Peru or north coast of Chile, 5000-2000 BC - San Diego Museum of Man. The Azapa Phase of local cultural development (4,000-2,500 BP) was a transitional period between the end of the Chinchorro Phase and the start of the Alto Ramírez Phase. These developments took place in the Azapa Valley near the coast
Chile, [a] officially the Republic of Chile, [b] is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica , stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean .
The setting is Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of the Americas, often called el fin del mundo, and though it is 1901 and the beginning of a new century, it certainly feels like the end of ...
Chile was the least wealthy realm of the Spanish Crown for most of its colonial history. Only in the 18th century did a steady economic and demographic growth begin, an effect of the reforms by Spain's Bourbon dynasty and a more stable situation along the frontier.
José Miguel Carrera leads a successful coup d'état in Chile. October 7: Near Vallenar the silver deposit of Agua Amarga is discovered. [54] December 2: The congress of Chile is dissolved and José Miguel Carrera initiates a dictatorship. 1812: Hostilities begin between the moderados, led by Bernardo O'Higgins, and the exaltados, led by Carrera.
Chiribaya pottery in the Arica (Chile) museum. The people of the Chiribaya culture lived near the Pacific Ocean in the Atacama Desert which is commonly known as the driest non-polar place in the world., [1] [2] The total annual precipitation at Ilo, Peru, at the mouth of the Osmore River is .1 inches (2.5 mm). [3]