Indeed, religion and reason mutually reinforce one another since religion is purified and structured by reason, and reason’s full potential is unleashed by revelation and faith. That means, in turn, that it’s a safe bet that some of your ancestors practiced something very close to the religion represented by Norse mythology. In the south settlers from Santa Fe crossed the Paraná River and established what became the city of Paraná. The northern part of the Mesopotamian region was first settled by Spaniards from Asunción, who in 1588 founded the city of Corrientes near the confluence of the Alto Paraná and Paraguay rivers. The cities in the Northwest were founded originally to support agriculture (including livestock raising) and trade with the silver mines of the Viceroyalty of Peru, particularly those at Potosí (now in Bolivia). Having founded towns along navigable rivers, the Spanish secured the water route to the Río de la Plata estuary. By the late 19th century foreign-owned frigoríficos (meat-packing plants for the export of beef and mutton) had been established on the Río de la Plata estuary.

Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia, was built in the 12th century to honor the Hindu god Vishnu. Finally, in the early 17th century the crown turned to the Jesuits to restore peace and protect the native peoples. The harsh physical conditions of the Gran Chaco explain why its native peoples engaged in only limited agriculture. Why do we have eyebrows? Why don’t Islam allow the magic or acts of sorcery, because Allah is the only Power Who has right to see the unseen and He knows the future, Indeed. How did Juan Perón come to power? What is Juan Perón famous for? The Jewish community of Argentina is the largest in South America. The varied topography, climate, and natural resources of Argentina shaped the pattern of European settlement. Settlement in the Chaco ultimately took place from Santiago del Estero, where irrigated cotton was successfully grown as early as the mid-16th century, and from Santa Fe, where cattle ranchers had purchased enormous acreages on which to raise tough criollo (Creole) cattle, which had survived from earlier expeditions. Early Spanish expeditions aiming to conquer the Chaco came from Santiago del Estero to the west, Santa Fe to the southeast, and Asunción (now the capital of Paraguay) across the Paraguay River to the northeast.

Settlement in the 600-mile- (1,000-km-) long rain shadow zone east of the Andes took place in river oases stretching from just south of San Miguel de Tucumán to San Rafael, south of Mendoza. In addition, the southern frontier of the Pampas was pushed back, so that by 1880 Indian resistance was wiped out north of the Negro River. Rail transportation linked Mendoza to the Pampas in 1885 and sparked the development of viticulture in the Mendoza region. Mendoza and oases such as San Rafael expanded once European immigrants could reach them and fill the labour shortage. Efforts by the government to encourage the growth of manufacturing favoured the port cities, attracting most immigrants as well as many workers from the countryside. By 1914 several million European workers had arrived to work ranches and farms. Yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis; source of the brewed beverage maté), citrus, and vegetables, as well as tung trees, tea, and sugarcane, were grown on small farms.

Small cotton-growing areas spread westward nearly to San Miguel de Tucumán, north to the Paraguayan border at the Pilcomayo River, and east into Mesopotamia. Mystical shamanism remains characteristic of numerous North and Central Asian peoples, and shamanistic cults are also found in South Korea and Japan. The Territory of Misiones was created in the early 1880s, and Europeans, particularly Germans, began to settle the forested zone in the north. At the start of the 20th century, European settlers in the eastern Chaco began raising cotton, a crop that could withstand the long drought period. When the Spanish first entered the Mesopotamian region, distances between settlements were so great that supply lines were tenuous, and the settlers found it necessary to produce their own subsistence crops. The Gran Chaco has long been considered a frontier region, and the government has often promoted its settlement and development. The faith’s influence, however, is strongly reflected in government and society. Sheep and breeds of English cattle were imported to replace the criollo; however, the new cattle were unable to live on the Pampas grass and had to be fed with alfalfa.