{"id":15463,"date":"2025-08-20T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/global\/?p=15463"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:42:41","slug":"spring-2026-from-the-andes-to-the-amazon-exploring-the-natural-an-cultural-history-of-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/global\/2025\/08\/20\/spring-2026-from-the-andes-to-the-amazon-exploring-the-natural-an-cultural-history-of-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2026:  From the Andes to the Amazon:  Exploring the Natural an Cultural History of Per\u00fa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:48%; margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>Over the course of the Spring 2025 semester, you will learn about the ecology, history and culture of Per\u00fa, with a focus on the tropical ecology such as the lowland rainforest and highland altiplano systems, the culture, language, lifestyle, and challenges of the indigenous Amazonian people, and the Incan culture and history. 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