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	Ecuador - Ministry of Tourism - Ecuador
		Ecuador’s rich history is a tumultuous one that goes back thousands of years to the time when tribes migrating from Asia arrived in what is now Ecuador.
		Ecologically, Ecuador is one of the richest countries on the planet.
		Rich in biodiversity, Ecuador's natural attractions are endless from the depths of the Amazon to the peaks of the Andes, not to mention the unforgettable Galapagos Islands.
	www.vivecuador.com /html2/eng/ecuador.htm (254 words)

	History of Ecuador References
		Ecuador became and independent country when it gained its independence on August 10, 1809.
		Ecuador had a battle called the Battle of Pichincha which took place in a volcano called Pichincha.
		One of the highest volcanoes in Ecuador is Cotopaxi, which is also one of the highest active volcano in the world.
	library.thinkquest.org /05aug/01280/Mexico/references.htm (592 words)

	Ecuador - History
		Ecuador's culture and history mirrors the diversity of its landscape.
		After conquering Ecuador, Huayna Capac indoctrinated the tribes to Quechua, the language of the Incas, which is still widely spoken in Ecuador.
		Ecuador returned to democracy in 1979, however, and free elections have continued since.
	www.geographia.com /ecuador/histroy.htm (707 words)

	The History of Ecuador - Learn While Volunteering (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ecuador's coastal region and the high Andean basins were inhabited by Indian tribes when the first Europeans reached the area's Pacific coast in 1526.
		Quito was chosen as the capital of Ecuador and Catholicism became the oficial religion of the State.
		Despite the history of intense internal rivalry and border conflicts, Ecuador has remained peaceful in recent years and is, at present, one of the safest countries to visit in South America.
	www.globalvolunteers.org /1main/ecuador/ecuadorhistory.htm (689 words)

	Ecuador National History
		Knowledge of Ecuador before the Spanish conquest is limited also by the absence of recorded history within either the Inca or pre-Inca cultures as well as by the lack of interest taken in Ecuador by the Spanish chroniclers.
		The discovery and conquest of Ecuador by Spanish forces in the early sixteenth century are adjuncts to the history of the conquest of Peru, the richest of the New World prizes won for the Spanish crown.
		He was also responsible for Ecuador's renegotiation of a number of oil concessions, including the key Texaco-Gulf concession in the Oriente, on terms much more favorable to the state, such as substantial increases in both the royalties paid by foreign firms and the tax rate they paid on petroleum exports.
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/americas/ecuador/Ecuador-national-history.htm (15487 words)

	Ecuador Travel Guide - History
		Ecuador's role as a significant exporter of petroleum has proven to be at the expense of its environmental quality, and the indigenous people of the Oriente continue to resist this exploitation.
		Upon independence, Ecuador joined what is now known as "Great Colombia", comprised of the territories of Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia and Panamá –then a part of Colombia and signed the Treaty of Peace and Limits of Guayaquil in 1829, and the subsequent Pedemonte-Mosquera Protocol of 1830.
		Ecuador and Perú held negotiations on February, 1995, to achieve a cease-fire on the Cenepa.
	www.ecuador-travel-guide.org /art&culture/History.htm (3693 words)

	History of Ecuador
		Ecuador is a young country archeologically speaking; the importance of unearthing and preserving ruins does not have the enthusiastic support of the country and scientists as in Mexico, Peru, Egypt or Turkey.
		The first known culture of Ecuador is the Las Vegas, a group of hunters and gathers who lived on the Santa Elena Peninsula between the Guayas Basin and Salinas.
		By 600 BC trade routes connected Ecuador with Chile to the south and with Mexico to the north.
	www.galapagosonline.com /predeparture/History/PreColumbianHistory.htm (502 words)

	Ecuador History Ecuador, a brief history of Ecuador
		The history of pre-Inca Ecuador is diverse, advanced indigenous cultures such as the Chorrera, Jama Coaque, Bahia, Tolita, Machalilla and Valdivia (the oldest known culture in the Americas), flourished between 12,000 B.C. to 1,500 A.D. in the territory that today is Ecuador.
		Quito was chosen as the capital of Ecuador and catholicism was the oficial religion of the State.
		Despite this history of intense internal rivalry and border conflicts, Ecuador has remained peaceful in recent years and is, at present, one of the safest countries to visit in South America.
	ecuaworld.com /discover/historia.htm (1544 words)

	History of Ecuador
		The Incas arrived in the 1400’s and Ecuador was incorporated into the Inca Empire that stretched from Colombia in the north to Chile in the south.
		Ecuador later became the province of Nueva Grenada in Colombia.
		Ecuador is split politically with the conservatives mainly in Quito and the liberals in Guayaquil on the coast.
	www.languagecrossing.com /ecuador/about/history.html (488 words)

	History of Ecuador
		Advanced indigenous cultures flourished in Ecuador long before the area was conquered by the Inca empire in the 15th century.
		Ecuador agreed to a border that conceded to Peru much territory Ecuador previously had claimed in the Amazon.
		With the oil boom fading, Ecuador returned to democracy in 1979, but by 1982, the government faced an economic crisis, characterized by inflation, budget deficits, a falling currency, mounting debt service, and uncompetitive industries.
	www.historyofnations.net /southamerica/ecuador.html (1013 words)

	SIM Country Profile: Ecuador
		Welcome to Ecuador, a small nation boasting the magnificent peaks of the Andean range which separates the muggy coastal plains of the west from the steamy Amazonian jungles on the east.
		Ecuador is 95% Catholic, though in practice this is often mingled with indigenous beliefs.
		Ecuador straddles the equator and is bordered by Colombia to the north, Peru to the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
	www.sim.org /country.asp?CID=24&fun=1 (1811 words)

	A short history of Ecuador
		The area that is now Ecuador, inhabited by Indian tribes, is conquered by the Inca Empire in 1487.
		In 1830 the area that is now Ecuador secedes from Grand Colombia as the State of the South of Colombia, the same year renamed State of Ecuador and in 1835 Republic of Ecuador.
		Ecuador is ruled by a small landowning oligarchy.
	www.electionworld.org /history/ecuador.htm (723 words)

	A History of Ecuador
		In the 16th and 17th centuries Ecuador was part of the viceroyalty of Peru but, after 1563, it was allowed some autonomy.
		In the 19th century Ecuador was split between conservatives in Quito and liberals along the coast.
		Ecuador's economic problems continued in the 1990s and grew worse at the end of the decade with severe inflation.
	www.localhistories.org /ecuador.html (938 words)

	Historia de Ecuador History Ecuador Flag History Musica Ecuatoriana
		Ecuador's culture and history mirrors the diversity of its landscape.
		At its height, the empire extended from northern Ecuador to central Chile and from the Andes to the coast.
		During the eighteenth century this entity was divided into three main administrative units: the Viceroyalty of New Granada, established in 1717 (Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador); the Viceroyalty of Peru, in 1542 (Peru and Chile); and the Viceroyalty of La Plata, in 1776 (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia).
	www.ecuador.us /history.htm (1659 words)

	Ecuador History
		Ecuador's tumultuous history is, paradoxically, cyclical; Ecuador remains tempestuous and struggles to advance because of deep-rooted sociological, geographical, economic, and political features.
		Ecuador's highly inequitable economic and social structure can be traced to colonial era racial discrimination and land tenure patterns, and to its dominant European cultural expressions.
		Ecuador's lack of a stable political system is both the result and cause of the nation's disparate class structure, regionalism, and roller coaster economy.
	www.ecuadorexplorer.com /html/history.html (928 words)

	Ecuador History - Ecuador General Information : GoEcuador.com
		The history of Ecuador is varied and interesting due to the tremendous changes that the region has undergone during the last 500 years.
		In 1942, Ecuador fought with Peru and lost a large extension of its territory, especially the entrance to the Amazon river.
		Now with a growing economy thanks to a period of oil prosperity and economic adjustments, Ecuador is trying to open itself to the world hopefully via the principles of eco-tourism and the protection of its traditional agricultural industry and not through the selling out of its citizens to unfair Free-trade agreements.
	www.goecuador.com /ecuador-general-info/ecuador-history.html (479 words)

	Ecuador History
		THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, Ecuador has displayed a continuity in traditional cultural and economic patterns as well as in social and political interaction among the country's highly heterogeneous social groupings.
		Pre-Columbian Ecuador is reflected in the persistence of native languages, customs, and economic activities among a considerable, though diminishing, number of communities in the Sierra (Andean highlands) and the Oriente (eastern region).
		Perhaps the central unanswered question of the 1980s, however, was whether the armed forces would persist in their historically active political role, or would be content to operate from the sidelines without directly intervening in the political process.
	www.country-studies.com /ecuador/history.html (566 words)

	PC(USA) - Worldwide Ministries: Ecuador - History
		A small country by South American norms, Ecuador is one of the most environmentally diverse countries in the world, with large areas of rain forest, mountains, and fertile soil.
		Although the Spanish founded estates in the mountains of central Ecuador and ran them with forced indigenous labor, Ecuador was a neglected backwater region during the colonial period.
		Ecuador has one of the highest percentages of aboriginal peoples, but they are disenfranchised and participate little in the national economy.
	www.pcusa.org /worldwide/ecuador/history.htm (323 words)

	Ecuador History \| iExplore.com
		Ecuador – including the ancient Kingdom of Quito, established by the Shiris – was populated by several mutually antagonistic tribes at the time of the Inca conquest in the mid-15th century.
		Mahaud's main achievement was to settle Ecuador’s principal foreign policy problem – the long-running border dispute with Peru, concerning a potentially mineral-rich region of Amazonian jungle, which had flared up into full-scale fighting on several occasions during the 1990s.
		Ecuador pursued an isolationist foreign and trade policy for many years until a program of economic reform was begun during the 1990s.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Ecuador/History (1436 words)

	Ecuador and Galapagos history, Ecuadorian independence (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The history of pre-Inca Ecuador is lost in a misty tangle of time and legend, and the earliest historical details date back only as far as the 11th century AD.
		Ecuador was invaded and colonized by Spain from 1532.
		Ecuador agreed to a border that conceded to Peru much territory Ecuador previously had claimed in the Amazon.
	www.ecuadors.org /history.htm (449 words)

	Ecuador PlanetEcuador- General Information - History
		The history of pre-Inca Ecuador is diverse, advanced indigenous cultures such as the Chorrera, Jama Coaque, Bahia, Tolita, Machalilla and Valdivia (the oldest known culture in the Americas), flourished between 12,000 B.C. to 1,500 A.D. in the territory that today is Ecuador.
		Quito was chosen as the capital of Ecuador and catholicism was the oficial religion of the State.
		Despite this history of intense internal rivalry and border conflicts, Ecuador has remained peaceful in recent years and is, at present, one of the safest countri es to visit in South America.
	www.planetecuador.net /hist.htm (1510 words)

	Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Ecuador may be tiny, but it packs a spectacular punch.
		The smallest country in the rugged Andean highlands, Ecuador has an array of vibrant indigenous cultures, well-preserved colonial architecture, otherworldly volcanic landscapes and dense rainforest.
		There is a high risk to the security of those travelling in the northern areas of Ecuador that border with Colombia because of kidnappings and increased crime.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/south-america/ecuador-and-the-galapagos-islands (230 words)

	The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Ecuador
		Jewish immigration to Ecuador were supposed to be employed in the agricultural realm, but the authorities soon surmised that the immigrants were actually merchants, industrialists, and businessmen, and were not farming.
		An agreement was reached with the Ecuadorian government to transfer 500,000 acres of land to the Committee's jurisdiction for a period of 30 years to be settled by immigrants regardless of race, religion, or nationality.
		Interestingly, intermarriage is not as great of a problem in Ecuador as elsewhere since Jews form a separate middle-stratum between the upper, traditionally Catholic classes, and the lower classes of the indigenous population.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Ecuador.html (1003 words)

	History of Ecuador - Prehispanic Era
		The early battle to define the political parameters of the new state was fought, to a great extent, among the various sectors--Ecuadorians and foreigners, military personnel and civilians--of this elite.
		Although he had previously condemned Flores's violations of civil liberties, Rocafuerte argued that "the backwardness of Ecuador makes enlightened despotism necessary." At the end of his term in 1839, Rocafuerte returned to his native Guayaquil as provincial governor, while in Quito Flores was again inaugurated into the presidency.
		García Moreno, putting aside both his project to place Ecuador under a French protectorate and his differences with General Flores, got together with the former dictator to put down the various local rebellions and force out the Peruvians.
	www.equaguia.com /historyofecuador/historyecuador1830-60.html (946 words)

	Ecuador History
		Ecuador also became an artistic center and also housed the seat of a Royal Audiencia in Quito 1563 which was an important political division that had been transferred from Lima, Peru.
		The 1970's was another major epoch for Ecuador's economic wealth which again prospered through the oil boom and led to increases in the country's public expenditures that in turn boosted the public sector infrastructure giving additional jobs to 1000s.
		After crippling the economy the people of Ecuador formed a general strike on February 5-6, 1997 and quickly won favor with more organized labor forces and professional bodies along with CONAIE (Confederation of Indigenous Nations of Ecuador) and Bucarám was ousted from office.
	www.thebestofecuador.com /history.htm (1915 words)

	History of Ecuador - Ministry of Tourism - Ecuador
		History of Ecuador - Ministry of Tourism - Ecuador
		The first phase Ecuador's history began somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 BC with the rise of indigenous societies in what is now Ecuador.
		The Incas were thus made up of a vast population of dozens of different ethnic groups with their own languages, customs and economies based on cultivation of the land.
	www.vivecuador.com /html2/eng/history_intro.htm (887 words)

	Ecuador history Ecuador, A complete history of Ecuador
		The first European to set foot on the territory of modern-day Ecuador was probably Bartolomé Ruiz de Estrada, the pilot for Pizarro on his second voyage, who pushed southward while Pizarro explored the Colombian coast and Almargo returned to Panama for supplies.
		The territory under the jurisdiction of Quito considerably exceeded that of present-day Ecuador, extending southward to the port of Paita in the north of present-day Peru, northward to the port of Buenaventura and the city of Cali in the south of present-day Colombia, and well out into the Amazon River Basin in the east.
		Although the prior sequence of events--the breakdown of talks aimed at resolving the boundary issues in 1938, followed by repeated border skirmishes--had given ample warning of a possible outbreak of large-scale hostilities, Ecuador was unprepared to meet the July 5 Peruvian invasion.
	www.ecuaworld.com /history_of_ecuador.htm (1020 words)

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	www.traveltoecuador.net /ecuador-history.htm (1266 words)

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