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By: Mikaela, Ali F., Lindsey, and Emily G.
1) General Information 2) Food and Cuisine Customs 3) Art and Entertainment 4) History 5) Bibliography **General Information: The Bolivian state flag was adopted in 1888. In Bolivia, their civil flag is very similar to the state flag except it has a coat of arms. In the coat of arms, there is a breadfruit tree, a bundle of wheat, a condor, an alpaca, and a mountain in Bolivia famous for silver mines.(3)** =  = =History of Bolivia =  The first known large civilization in Bolivia was the Tiwanaku Empire from 100 to 1200 A.D. The collapse of this empire was due to the Aymara people when they took conrol of their capital on lake Titicaca. In 1460 the Incas took control of the Bolivian altiplano . The Incas were then conquered in 1535 by Diego de Almagro as he was passing through Bolivia on his way to Chile. In 1538 a war broke out between the Incas and the Spanish conquistadors because the Incas did not want to cooperate with the Spaniards. Later in 1538 Gonzalo Pizarro defeated the Incas and took Bolivia for Spain. The conquistadors named their capital La Plata because of the silver they found there. Throughout history, Bolivia was know as Upper Peru. In 1825 Simon Bolivar defeated the Spanish in Peru and gained independence from Spain. The county was renamed Bolivia. 
 * >Bolivia is located in South America** >**Bolivian Flag**