El Museo de Metales Preciosos Precolombinos

By: Alyssa Bolt

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What is “El Museo de Metales Preciosos Precolombinos”?

A museum that contains precious metals of the Incas and other cultures. The name translates literally to: The Museum of Precious Pre-columbian Metals.

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Where is this museum located?

The museum is located in La Paz, Bolivia. It is also near many other museums grouped together. La Paz is the capital of Bolivia.

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Whose metals are in the museum?

The Tiwanaku are another culture that was in Bolivia. The Incas did not require the people

who lived near Lake Titicaca to speak the Incan language, “Quechua”. They allowed them to

continue to speak “Aymara”, the language of the Tiwanaku.

The reason the Incas allowed this, legend has it, is because they were enchanted by the great ruins of the Tiwanakans, and they respected

them.

Multiple cultural groups, but mainly the Inca.

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Life of the IncasThe Incan empire became popular in the 1430’s, mainly in the western

part of Bolivia. Once a region was taken over by the Incas, people there were expected to obey.

The Inca were a welfare state. To the people that needed it, food and clothing

would be given. However, all healthy people were expected to work.

The punishment for laziness was death.

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How long did the Inca remain in power?

Not very long, about a century. Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro encountered Atahualpa, the last Incan chief.

The Spanish were out numbered, however, they managed to defeat the Incan Empire.

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Why are the cultures of Bolivia important?

The past is very important. There are many artifacts in El Museo de Metales Preciosos Precolombinos, from many different cultures that lived in Bolivia.

There are gold, silver, copper, paintings, and pottery there, among other things. There are three hallways in El Museo.

If these artifacts weren’t preserved, it would be very difficult to learn about old civilizations and how they lived.

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These are a couple artifacts you’ll see inEl Museo de Metales Preciosos Pre-colombinos.

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Beautiful Photos of

Bolivia

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A few things you should know about Bolivia...

The United States of America is Bolivia’s largest trading partner.

Bolivia is not very developed and is quite poor.

Bolivia’s currency is Boliviano.

Soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, and timber can be bought in Bolivia.

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Inca Information:

“Bolivia, Enchantment of the World” Author: Byron Augustin

Websites used for Information and Images:

http://www.letsgobolivia.org/LGInformacionRelacionada.php?cmd=1.1.2.1.14.2&titulo=museo%20de%20metales%20preciosos%20precolombinos

http://www.lindakreft.com/pdf/tiwanaku_art.pdf

http://www.andes.org.uk/skiing-holidays/bolivia-ski-explorer-dossier.asp

http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/facts-about-bolivia-2066.html

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