History Of Ecuador II
By admin | Apr 28, 2009
Comments OffFrom 1860 to 1875, Ecuador was ruled by the fervently religious Conservative Gabriel García Moreno, Ecuador’s first great statesman. He sought peace and consolidation for his torn country through a rigid, theocratic government. His administration granted special privileges to the Roman Catholic Church, even dedicating the Republic to “The Sacred Heart of Jesus” by act [...]
History of Ecuador I
By admin | Apr 28, 2009
Comments OffArchaeological explorations indicate that the coastal regions of present-day Ecuador supported corn-cultivating communities as early as 4500 BC. In the first few centuries AD, the population was divided into dozens of small isolated tribes. By AD 1000, the highland groups had formed a loose federation, the Kingdom of Quito, but they were absorbed into the [...]
