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Peru was founded in 1535 by Francisco Pizaro. If you are looking to visit Trujillo, Peru, it is easy to find everything you need wrapped up into vacation packages. read more

The Modern History of Peru (1967) Starn, Orin. "Maoism in the Andes: The Communist Party of Peru-Shining Path and the refusal of history." Journal of Latin American Studies 27#2 (1995): 399–421. Walker, Charles F. Smoldering Ashes: Cuzco and the Creation of Republican Peru, 1780–1840. Durham: Duke University Press 1999. read more

In 1535, Pizarro founded the city of Lima as the capital of his newly conquered territories. In Cusco, Manco Inca escaped and organized a siege of Cusco which lasted several months but was ultimately unsuccessful. read more

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