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... South American civilizations took root in the central Andes in approximately 2300 BC and evolved , culturally and technologically , for several thousand years . Beginning around AD 1000 they were organized into a number of king- doms ...
... South American civilizations took root in the central Andes in approximately 2300 BC and evolved , culturally and technologically , for several thousand years . Beginning around AD 1000 they were organized into a number of king- doms ...
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... Americas , also called AMERICA , the two con- tinents , North and South America , of the Western Hemisphere . The climatic zones of the two continents are quite different . In North America , subarctic climate prevails in the north ...
... Americas , also called AMERICA , the two con- tinents , North and South America , of the Western Hemisphere . The climatic zones of the two continents are quite different . In North America , subarctic climate prevails in the north ...
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... South America . The eighth largest country in the world , Argentina is shaped like an inverted tri- angle with its base at the top ; it is some 880 miles ( 1,420 km ) across at its widest from east ECUADOR Galapagos Is . ( Ec . ) Tropic ...
... South America . The eighth largest country in the world , Argentina is shaped like an inverted tri- angle with its base at the top ; it is some 880 miles ( 1,420 km ) across at its widest from east ECUADOR Galapagos Is . ( Ec . ) Tropic ...
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