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200 BC
The Nazca culture builds giant glyphs that adorn the southern desert to this day.
AD 500
The Moche construct the Huacas del Sol y de la Luna, adobe temples near present-day
Trujillo.
c 800
The fiercely independent Chachapoyas build Kuélap, a citadel in the northern high-
lands.
c 1000
The Chimú begin development of Chan Chan, a sprawling adobe city outside Trujillo.
1100-1200
The Incas emerge as a presence in the Cuzco Valley.
1438-71
Machu Picchu is built during the reign of Inca Yupanqui.
1532
Atahualpa wins control over Inca territories; the Spanish land in Peru and execute him
months later.
1671
Santa Rosa de Lima, the first saint of the Americas, is canonized.
1821
Independence from Spain is declared on July 28, but battles continue for several years.
1879-83
Chile wages war against Peru over nitrate-rich lands in the Atacama Desert. Peru loses.
1911
