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Beginning with the accomplishments of early civilizations that culminated in the great inca Empire of the 14th to 16th centuries, the narration continues with the Spanish conquest and colonization, the country's independence in 1821, and the election of centrist leader Alejandro Toledo as president in June 2001. 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