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Basic Information:

• The civilization was formed from many clans joining together
• It was formed sometime between 2000 and 1000 years ago
• They were a warlike tribe who conquered many smaller tribes
• It is thought that they may have conquered the Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) Civilization
• Its central city was Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku)
• It was made up of city-states; the two largest were the Colla and Lupaca
• They lived (and currently live) around Lake Titicaca south to Lake Poopo (yes, this is a real lake)
• They speak Aymara
• They influenced, and were influenced by the Incas
• They were taken over by the incas during the Inca leader Huaynca Capac's reign (between 1450 and 1550)
• The political leaders were families called "ayllu"
• They were conquered, along with the incas, by the Spanish
• Many were converted to Catholocism

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Us Homies got some information and cool stuff from:

"Aymara".5/4/09.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/aymara>.

"Aymara".5/4/09.<http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/46515/Aymara>.

"Aymara".5/7/09.<http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/cultures/aymara.html>.

"Aymara".5/7/09.<http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7828>.

"Cool Texts".5/4-7/09.<http://www.cooltext.com>.

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