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Landmark Americas archaeological

Chavín de Huántar

900 BCE – 200 BCE · 700 years

Pre-Inca ceremonial center in the Peruvian Andes with labyrinthine underground galleries and the Lanzón monolith, cradle of Andean civilization

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1000 BCE)
  2. El Paraiso (700 BCE–500 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Chavin (400 BCE–100 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1 BCE–500 CE)
  5. Huari Empire (600 CE–1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Chimú Empire (1279 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Quechua (1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Inca Empire (1500 CE–1530 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Vice-Royalty of Peru (1600 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Peru (1880 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Landmark · Americas

Tikal

600 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Monte Albán

Attested 323 BCE – 700 CE

Trade route · Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Conflict · Americas

Maya City-State Wars

400 BCE – 900 CE

Landmark · Americas

Teotihuacan

200 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Teotihuacán

Attested 323 BCE – 700 CE

Conflict · Americas

Monte Albán Zapotec Conquest State

200 BCE – 500 CE

Landmark · Americas

Mulifanua Lapita Site

800 BCE – 700 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 900 BCE and 200 BCE.

600 BCE Tikal 600 BCE San Agustín Archaeological Park 600 BCE Tierradentro 600 BCE Calakmul 600 BCE El Tajín

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Mesopotamian Trade Network Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 500 BCE Conquests of Cyrus the Great Conflict · Middle East 559 BCE – 530 BCE Buddha Figure · Northern India / Nepal 563 BCE – 483 BCE Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing
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