Panama.
Pre-columbian
Hunters and gatherers.
From tribal to cacical society.from 300 BC and 300 AD there is social division and barter,the population grows, burials begin with
Offerings
They were nomadic bands that traveled in groups of 20 to 30
people.
He was engaged in collecting wild plants and hunting
big animals.
complex chiefdoms 300 to 800 AD. Large villages, complex structures, the use of jade is perfected, the ceramic and metals. Complex political structure.
Late chieftains 800 to 1,500 AD. Increases complexity in
The design of the villages. there is a high in social hierarchy.
Gold facilitates social distinction.
Arrival of the Epañoles.
The conquest of Spain.
Christopher Columbus was the first Spanish explorer to reach American mainland, on his third voyage, but not the first on arriving in Panamanian territory.
This corresponded to Rodrigo Galván de Bastidas, a native of the city of Seville.
On October 10, 1502, on his fourth voyage, Christopher Columbus reached the Atlantic coast of the isthmus, in the current provinces from Bocas Del Toro and Veraguas.
On November 2, it reached a bay in the current province de Colón, which he named Portobelo or Puerto Bello.
The time
Colonial
Before the arrival of the Europeans, the lands of Panama were inhabited by Chibchense peoples who spoke Chibcha languages, these peoples formed diverse groups for which did not constitute a political unit.
Known as Hispanic or Colonial Period. The first Spaniards who traveled the Isthmus of Panama were Rodrigo de Bastida in 1501 and Cristobal Colón in 1502.
In 1513 Vascoz Núñez de Balboa sighted the southern sea. With the discovery of the South Sea, Panama became an expedition place where many sailors they started traveling to these new lands and started acting as an interoceanic route.
Departamental.
It covers from 1821 until the separation of Colombia on 3November 1903, characterized by separatist attempts of the 19th century and the creation of the Federal State that The Panamanian vocation of a free and independent State is evident.
In this Epoch the Transismic Railroad (1850- 1855) and there is a French attempt to build a canalinter-seanic.
Republican 1903 to date.
among its important facts
we have:
The student and workers' struggle, and the events of January 9,
1964 .
1968, which interrupts the regimedemocratic, the dead and disappeared during the military dictatorship.
The disappearance of Father Hector Gallego, The constitution of 1972, the new Panama Canal Treaties.
The beginning of the democratizing process, and the death of the General Omar Torrijos Herrera.
The socio-political crisis, the dictatorship of General Manuel Antonio Noriega, the Civilist Crusade, The Pre-Presidential Election 1989 and the 1989 American invasion.
Twentieth century.
When Panama came to life in November 1903.
independent, it had approximately 300,000 inhabitants,
not including indigenous peoples. One of its first objectives was to provide Panama with roads communication and penetration for which you had to build roads, highways and bridges. During this period some works were inaugurated undertaken in Porras' last term, such as the Jail model.
The government also had to attend to the
agro country For this he acquired land in order to distribute among the little ones farmers who lacked plots. With this objective, the agrarian board was created in various parts of the interior.