AboutDaniel Hogan Expertise I am knowledgable about Mexican history, especially the Mexican-American, and Revolutionary wars. I am also fluent in Spanish. Furthermore, I have primary knowledge about the Mexican Revolution of 1910 due to my grandfather participating in it. I am also a Mexican-American War reenactor. can ONLY answer q`s about Mexican history.
Experience Have traveled extensively in Mexico, gone to all the major archaeological sites, museums, and some out-of-the-way places only locals go to. I am also a bilingual school teacher and I help translate official and technical type documents.
Question ok by any chance do u know what native people use to live in south and central america
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what are some of the drinks the people of south and central america use to drink before columbus came.
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what are some foods the spainards brought to south and central america
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The Spanish are famous for bringing what we would consider the fruits to the New World (North & South America). These include all the citrus varieties, like oranges, lemons, limes, etc; pomegranites, and spices. There are more but these are the main ones.
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The major drink of Central America was/is a fermented cactus extract called "pulque". It is taken from the center of the maguey plant. a form of cactus. It is extracted by siphoning it with a hollowed out, elongated gourd. It must be drank fresh as it spoils if left out any length of time.
People still enjoy it today and it is still used by the rural, indiginous peoples.
Answer I'm not sure I understand your question. Do you want to know who the native peoples were in Central and South America? If so, this is very complicated and controvercial and not in agreement by anthropologists.
In Central America which includes modern Mexico, the native peoples are descendants of the Maya culture, prior to that no one really knows.
South America is more complicated. They keep finding older and older artifacts and ruins in Peru and the dates keep getting pushed back further and further. The dominant group are the Inca, but they most surely come from older cultures.
The theory is that man came across the Bering Straight from Asia and over hundreds of years immigrated to the tip of South America, but there are many problems with this. The stuff they find in southern South America is much older than the artifacts in Central and North America. Also, the technology such as tools do not match what is in Asia, its totally different.
Also, pyramid technology found in both places matches pyramids and temple ruins in the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Canary Islands.
There are many more side theories, controvercies, unexplained artifacts that do not fit, etc.
This question may never be answered properly.
