Colonization by the Spanish has had a profound and devastating effect on the Muisca. Once a massive people, numbering 500,000, they are now found in three remaining councils: in Cota, Chía, and Sesquilé with a population of 2,318.

The Chibcha cultivated and used coca centuries before drug trafficking existed. They also respected and protected their natural surroundings long before there were environmentalists, and practised natural medicine centuries before it was rediscovered in the 20th century.

1 : a member of an Indian people of central Colombia. 2 : the extinct language of the Chibcha people.

Conquistadors in Colombia

The earliest known inhabitants of Colombia were Mesoamericans who migrated from the north and later Arawak people arrived from the south. The Inca Empire arose in the early 13th century and by the early 14th century had incorporated some parts of modern day Colombia.

Despite its name, Colombia was not founded by the explorer Christopher Columbus; he never even set foot in the country throughout the history of Colombia. It was not until 1525, however, that the Spanish began a process of colonization of Colombia, leading to it becoming an integrated colony of the Spanish empire.

How might Colombia solve the problem of guerrillas trying to control the country? Passing new laws that make it harder for the guerillas and other militant groups to operate freely. How is Venezuela’s early colonial history similar to early colonial history in the Caribbean?

Spain conquered Chibcha and seized most of their treasure. Spain took chibcha african americans and forced them to be slaves. Spain took over the chibcha and took all of their gold and forced the chibcha to be slaves. Well, Spanish conquest shaped Columbia by Giant mounds of earth ,mysterious statues, and tombs.

The distance from the equator affects the climate of a place. At the poles, energy from the sun reaches the Earth’s surface at lower angles and passes through a thicker layer of atmosphere than at the equator. This means the climate is cooler further from the Equator.

plains and highlands. Two other rivers, the Cauca and the Magdalena, drain the Andean region.

The Andes are also part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western “backbone” of North America, Central America, South America and Antarctica….Andes.

Andes Mountains

2,000 rivers

The Amazon might also be the world’s longest river—depending on whom you ask. Most scientists believe the South American river is at least 4,000 miles (6,400 km) long—still shorter than the Nile, which is widely held to be the world’s longest river at about 4,132 miles (6,650 km).