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Conflict Americas

Tiwanaku–Wari Rivalry

600 CE – 1000 CE · 400 years

Two Middle Horizon Andean powers — highland Tiwanaku centered on Lake Titicaca and Wari in the central highlands — coexisted and competed over the Moquegua valley and southern Peru, evidenced by fortified frontier sites such as Cerro Baúl.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Tiwanaku polity (Lake Titicaca basin)
  • Wari Empire (Ayacucho)

Key moments

Defining events in the Tiwanaku–Wari Rivalry.

  1. c. 600 CE Wari foundation of Cerro Baúl
  2. c. 1000 CE Cerro Baúl ritual abandonment

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 600 CE and 1000 CE.

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

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