The history of Bolivia involves thousands of years of human habitation. Lake Titicaca had been an important center of culture and development for thousands of years. The Tiwanaku people reached an advanced level of civilization before being conquered by a rapidly expanding Inca Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries.

2025年2月5日 · It was once the center of the ancient Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) empire, and from the 15th to the early 16th century it was a part of the Inca empire. After the arrival of the conquistadores, Bolivia was subsumed within the Viceroyalty of Peru, and it provided Spain with immense wealth in silver.

2021年3月14日 · From about 700 AD onward Tiahuanaco ruled a great empire in Bolivia and southern Peru. However, about 1,000 AD the empire broke up and was replaced by small states. In the 15th century, the Incas conquered Bolivia. However, in 1533 the Incas were in turn conquered by the Spaniards.

Advanced Indian societies inhabited the Andes region of South America long before the arrival of Europeans. Ruins of these societies, especially the Tiwanaku civilization, dot the high-altitude Bolivian countryside, serving as reminders of the first great Andean empire.

2018年1月10日 · 1825 - Bolivia becomes independent with Simon Bolivar as its president. 1836-39 - Bolivia enters into a federation with Peru, but the federation fails following Peru's defeat in...

In Bolivia: History. The following discussion focuses on events in Bolivia since the time of European conquest. For events in a regional context, see Latin America, history of, and, for in-depth treatment of events prior to the conquest, see pre-Columbian civilizations: Andean civilization. Read More; development of Latin American architecture

During the first few decades of their existence as the independent nations of Peru, Bolivia and Chile, the three Andean provinces of the old viceroyalty of Peru engage in two bouts of war. The issue on the first occasion is a straightforward attempt at …

History of Latin America, history of the region from the pre-Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th-century wars of independence, and developments to the end of the 20th century.

Surveying Bolivia’s economic, social, cultural, and political evolution from the arrival of early man in the Andes to the present, this current version brings the history of this society up to the present day, covering the fundamental changes that have occurred since the National Revolution of 1952 and the return of democracy in 1982.

2023年8月2日 · From the ancient civilizations that once flourished on its soil to the colonial era and the struggles for independence, Bolivia's history is a captivating narrative that has shaped the nation we know today.