<P> After the fall of Tiwanaku empire , the many Aymara Lake Titicaca were conquered by the Inca empire . Prior to the Spanish conquest , the Andean province of Qullasuyu was a part of the Inca empire , while the northern and eastern lowlands were inhabited by independent nomadic tribes . Spanish conquistadors , arriving from Cuzco and Asunción took control of the region in the 16th century . During most of the Spanish colonial rule , Bolivia was known as Upper Peru and administered by the Royal Audiencia of Charcas . After the first call for independence in 1809 , 16 years of war followed before the establishment of the Bolivian Republic , named for the Liberator Simón Bolívar , on August 6 , 1825 . Since then Bolivia has endured regular periods of political and economic instability , including the loss of various provinces to its neighbors , such as Acre , parts of the Gran Chaco and its Pacific coast , making it a land - locked country . </P>
<P> After the fall of Tiwanaku empire , the many Aymara Lake Titicaca were conquered by the Inca empire . Prior to the Spanish conquest , the Andean province of Qullasuyu was a part of the Inca empire , while the northern and eastern lowlands were inhabited by independent nomadic tribes . Spanish conquistadors , arriving from Cuzco and Asunción took control of the region in the 16th century . During most of the Spanish colonial rule , Bolivia was known as Upper Peru and administered by the Royal Audiencia of Charcas . After the first call for independence in 1809 , 16 years of war followed before the establishment of the Bolivian Republic , named for the Liberator Simón Bolívar , on August 6 , 1825 . Since then Bolivia has endured regular periods of political and economic instability , including the loss of various provinces to its neighbors , such as Acre , parts of the Gran Chaco and its Pacific coast , making it a land - locked country . </P>
who ruled the country before it became bolivia
who ruled the country before it became bolivia
Spanish
Spanish