Medieval Paraguay

Medieval Paraguay

Paraguay was inhabited by groups of nonsedentary & semisedentary indigenous people when the Spanish entered what is now known as Paraguay in the 16th century. The Spanish were to form an alliance with the Tupian semisedentary Guarani. In 1537 the town of Asuncion was founded. Acuncion was established as a small Spanish defense outpost against the Portuguese & a trading stopover for the silver mines of Buenos Aires & Potosi. [BM] {UA}