ECUADOR
Ecuador is presentative democratic republic in south america. Bodered by colombia on the north by peru on the east and south, and by the pacific ocean to the west. It is one only two countries in south america that do not have border with brazil. The country also includes the galapagos island in the pacific, about 965 kilometers west of the mainland. Ecuador stredles the equator, from which its take is name nad has an area of 256,371 square kilometers.
HISTORY
Each civillization developed its own distinctive architecture, pottery and religious interests. After years of fiery resistance by the Cayambes and other tribes, as demonstrated by the battle of Yahuarcocha (Blood Lake) where thousands of resistance fighters were killed and thrown in the lake, the region fell to the Incan expansion and was assimilated loosely into the Incan empire.
