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Lake Titicaca (Spanish: Lago Titicaca) is located on the border between northern Bolivia and southern Peru. It is considered the highest commercially navigable body of water in the world (3821m). | Lake Titicaca (Spanish: Lago Titicaca) is located on the border between northern Bolivia and southern Peru. It is considered the highest commercially navigable body of water in the world (3821m). | ||
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[[File:Lake Titicaca map.png|thumb|Lake Titicaca Map <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Titicaca_map.png]</ref> | [[File:Lake Titicaca map.png|thumb|Lake Titicaca Map <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Titicaca_map.png]</ref>]] | ||
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Titicaca is the ancestral land of the Quechuas, Aymaras, Uros, Pacajes, and Puquinas. Lake Titicaca was the foundation of the most influential pre-Hispanic cultures of the Andean Region. Many independent kingdoms grew out of this fertile area beginning in the 9th century, though interestingly most of these kingdoms were ultimately rivals, until the middle of the 15th century, when the Incas conquered the region, which they considered important because of its wool and meat production. Today, Puno continues its vast agricultural traditions and also its ancestral rituals such as offerings to Pachamama (Mother Earth) and these ancient customs are ever-present in the lives of the inhabitants of the region.<ref>[https://wikitravel.org/en/Lake_Titicaca Lake Titicaca]</ref> | Titicaca is the ancestral land of the Quechuas, Aymaras, Uros, Pacajes, and Puquinas. Lake Titicaca was the foundation of the most influential pre-Hispanic cultures of the Andean Region. Many independent kingdoms grew out of this fertile area beginning in the 9th century, though interestingly most of these kingdoms were ultimately rivals, until the middle of the 15th century, when the Incas conquered the region, which they considered important because of its wool and meat production. Today, Puno continues its vast agricultural traditions and also its ancestral rituals such as offerings to Pachamama (Mother Earth) and these ancient customs are ever-present in the lives of the inhabitants of the region.<ref>[https://wikitravel.org/en/Lake_Titicaca Lake Titicaca]</ref> | ||
==Planetary Stargate== | ==Planetary Stargate== | ||