This page is about the Native American people; for the dish, see This page is about the food; for the Native American people, see Quiché. Mediterranean quiche In cooking, a quiche is a pie made primarily of eggs and cream in a pastry crust. Other ingredients such as chopped meat or vegetables are often added to the eggs before the quiche is... quiche.

The Ki'che' , or Quiché in Spanish (espa ol or castellano) Spoken in: Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Nicaragua, Chile, USA, Venezuela, Costa Rica , Cuba, Peru, and 34 other countries. Region: Total speakers: 417 million (including second language speakers) Ranking: 2 (first language speakers, may vary based on metric) Genetic classification: Indo-European  Italic   ... Spanish spelling, are a Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. This term comprises a large number of distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of them... Native American people, part of the This article will mostly concern itself with the Maya civilization after the conquest by Spain. Their pre-Columbian culture is dealt with in the Maya civilization article. The Maya people are a native American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America. We are not myths of the past, ruins... Maya ethnic group. The term also denotes their native language, and their nation in The term Pre-Columbian is used to refer to the cultures of the New World in the era before significant European influence. While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus, in practice the term usually includes indigenous cultures as they continued to develop until they were conquered or significantly... pre-Columbian times, a part of the ancient This article is about the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. See Maya people for a discussion of the modern Maya. The Maya are a people of southern Mexico and northern Central America (Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and El Salvador) with some 3,000 years of rich history. The Maya were part... Maya civilization.

El Quiché is also the name of a department of modern Guatemala.

Rigoberta Menchú, an activist for indigenous rights who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992, is perhaps the best-known Quiché.

The Quiché People

The Quiché people live mostly in the highlands of For the city, see Guatemala City. The Republic of Guatemala is a country in Central America, in the south of the continent of North America, bordering both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, Belize to the northeast, and Honduras and El... Guatemala, and in pre-Columbian times they were one of the most powerful states in the region. Their capital city was Gumarcaj, sometimes rendered as Cumarcaj or Kumarcaaj, is an archeological site in El Quiché department of Guatemala. Gumarcaj is also known as Utatlán, the Nahuatl language name for the city. The name Gumarcaj is Quiché for Place of old reeds. Gumarcaj was the capital city of the Quiché Maya... Gumarcaj, the ruins of which are a short distance from Santa Cruz del Quiché. Most of them speak the Quiché language, although most also have at least a working knowledge of Spanish (espa ol or castellano) Spoken in: Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Nicaragua, Chile, USA, Venezuela, Costa Rica , Cuba, Peru, and 34 other countries. Region: Total speakers: 417 million (including second language speakers) Ranking: 2 (first language speakers, may vary based on metric) Genetic classification: Indo-European  Italic   ... Spanish,except in some isolated rural villages.

The Quiché were conquered by the Conquistador (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under Spanish rule between the 15th and 17th centuries. Columbuss discovery of the New World in 1492 afforded Spain a headstart in Colonization of... conquistador Pedro de Alvarado (Badajoz, c. 1495 - Guadalajara, Mexico, July 4, 1541), was one of the Spanish leaders in the discovery and conquest of America. He was known as one of the best soldiers among the Conquistadores, as well as one of the most cruel to the native populations. Pedro de... Pedro de Alvarado in the early (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. Contents // 1 Events 2 Significant people 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 4 Decades and years Events Beginning of the Little Ice Age... 16th century. Their last king, Tecún Umán, who was killed by Alvarado, remains a folk-hero and figure of legend.

The El Quiché department of Guatemala is named after them. The department is the heartland of the people, but in former times they were spread over a wider area of the Guatemala highlands.

The The Popol Vuh (Council Book or Book of the Community; Popol Wuj in modern Quiché spelling) is the book of scripture of the Quiché, a Kingdom of the Maya civilization in Guatemala. The name Popol Vuh was also adopted by two European rock bands: see Popol Vuh (Norwegian band) (1970s... Popol Vuh, the most extensive and complete pre-Columbian literary text known today, tells how the world and humans were created by the gods, the story of the divine brothers, and the history of the Quiché from their migration into their homeland up to the The Kingdom of Spain or Spain (Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino de España; Asturian: Reinu dEspaña) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra... Spanish conquest.