History-Ecu

History of Ecuador

Ecuador has has many wars in their history but their have been a few good parts. In 1463 Ecuador was part of the Incan Empire. Atahualpa defeated his brother Huascar to take control of the Incan Empire. After three hundred years of Spanish colonization Quito remained a small city of only 10,000. On May 24, 1822, Ecuador gained independence from Spain. In 1941 war broke out with Peru. Peru had more troops and won the disputed territory. Their was a peace agreement between Ecuador and Peru in 1998. 25% of the people that live in Ecuador are indigenous people. Ecuador has had a history of over 500 years.



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