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3000 BC
Potatoes, squash, cotton, corn,
lúcuma
fruit and quinoa begin to be domesticated; at
this point, llamas, alpacas and guinea pigs had likely been tamed for 1000 years.
1000 BC
The Chavín Horizon begins, a period in which various highland and coastal communit-
ies share uniform religious deities.
200 BC
The Nazca culture on the coast starts construction on a series of giant glyphs that adorn
the desert to this day.
AD 1
The southern coast sees the rise of the Paracas Necropolis culture, known for its intric-
ate textiles that depict stylized images of warriors, animals and gods.
200
The Tiwanaku begin their 400-year domination of the area around Lake Titicaca, into
what is today Bolivia and northern Chile.
500
In the north, the Moche culture begins construction on the Huaca del Sol y de la Luna,
adobe temples situated outside of present-day Trujillo.
600
The Wari emerge from the Ayacucho area and consolidate an empire that covers a ter-
ritory from Cuzco to Chiclayo; they are closely linked, stylistically, to the Tiwanaku
culture of Bolivia.
c 800
The fiercely independent Chachapoyas build Kuélap, a citadel in the northern high-
lands composed of upwards of 400 constructions - including their trademark circular
dwellings.
