The actual territory of Peru was not only the main center of the Tahuantinsuyo, but also the center of the powerful Inca Empire, and after the Spanish conquer, the biggest Spanish Viceroyalty in America. Capital Cusco Official language Quechua Government Head of State Federal Empire Sapa Inca Establishment Dissolution 1250 (¿?) 1548 Area ~2. ... Capital Cusco Official language Quechua Government Head of State Federal Empire Sapa Inca Establishment Dissolution 1250 (¿?) 1548 Area ~2. ... There lies Peru with its riches; Here, Panama and its poverty. ... Created in 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru (in Spanish, Virreinato del Perú) contained most of Spanish-ruled South America until the creation of the separate viceroyalties of New Granada (now Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá and Venezuela, the last-named previously in the Viceroyalty of New Spain) in 1717 and Río...

The map of the Tahuantinsuyo

Peru has been inhabited since 20 000 years ago by hunters and collectors, according to some lithic rests found in the caves of Piquimachay (Ayacucho), Chivateros, Lauricocha, Paijan, and Toquepala. Download high resolution version (1730x3200, 272 KB) The incas were great people there were very cool - matt They often were found underneth their own mothers doing the dirties File links The following pages link to this file: Inca Empire ... Download high resolution version (1730x3200, 272 KB) The incas were great people there were very cool - matt They often were found underneth their own mothers doing the dirties File links The following pages link to this file: Inca Empire ... Ayacucho is the capital of the department of Ayacucho in Peru. ... Lauricocha Culture is a sequence of preceramic cultural periods in Perus history, spanning about 5,000 years from circa 8,000 to 2,500 BCE. The total prehistoric sequence in Peru spans 15,000 years, starting at about 13,000 BC when the first gatherer-hunter societies left their...

Some rests found in Cupisnique , Paijan - Peru.

The oldest primitive cultures appeared in 6000 BC : in the coast (in the provinces of Chilca and Paracas) and in the highlands (in the province of Callejon de Huaylas). 3000 years later, people became sedentary (Kotosh, Huaca Prieta) so they began to cultivate plants like corn and cotton (Gossypium Barbadense) and to tame some animals too. A few years later, they continue with the spinning and knitting of cotton and wool. They also began to do some basketry and they made the first potteries. (7th millennium BC – 6th millennium BC – 5th millennium BC – other millennia) Events c. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... Species See text The cotton plant is a tropical and subtropical shrub of the Genus Gossypium (Family Malvaceae). ... A hand-turned spinning wheel in action Cones of yarn for industrial use Spinning is the process of creating yarn (or thread, rope, cable) from various raw fiber materials. ... Knit hat, yarn, and knitting needles. ... A basket being woven. ... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ...

The first and more developed Andean civilizations appeared in the century XIII BC. They were:

• Chavin – The Peruvian Mother Culture, according to Julio C. Tello
• Paracas
• Mochica

An piece of a Paracas Textil, Ica, Peru

• Nazca
• Tiahuanaco
• Wari
• Chimu

The Stele from the Chavin Culture, Ancash, Peru

Moche pottery, Lambayeque, Peru
(Image © PROMPERU, used with permission)

The Tiahuanaco Gate of the Sun, Puno, Peru

An Andean bronze bottle made by Chimú artisans

This cultures developed excellent techniques of cultivation, gold and silver work, pottery, metallurgy and knitting. They also made social organizations that later (around the century XII AC) became the great Inca civilization. Chavín influence The Chavín were an early civilization that existed in what is now the country of Peru. ... Julio C. Tello was born on April 11, 1880, in Huarochiri, the mountain range of Lima. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Moche pottery (Image © PROMPERU, used with permission) The Moche civilization (aka the Mochica culture, Early Chimu, Pre-Chimu, Proto-Chimu, etc. ... Late Intermediate Period Cultures The Nazca culture flourished in the Nazca region between 300 BCE and 800 CE. They created the famous Nazca lines and built an impressive system of underground aqueducts that still function today. ... Area of the Middle Horizon The Gate of the Sun Statue in Tiwanaku Walls around the temple Kalasasaya Tiwanaku (old spellings: Tiahuanaco and Tiahuanacu) is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in Bolivia. ... Middle Horizon The Huari (or Wari) was a Middle Horizon civilization that flourished in the Andes in the south of modern day Peru, from about 500 to 1200 A.D. The capital city of the same name is located near the modern city of Ayacucho, Peru. ... The Chimú were the residents of Chimor with its capital at the city of Chan Chan in the Moche valley of Peru. ... Image File history File links See http://es. ... Image File history File links See http://es. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1401 KB) Photo de la porte du soleil de la civilisation Tiwanaku en Bolivie. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1401 KB) Photo de la porte du soleil de la civilisation Tiwanaku en Bolivie. ... Image File history File links Andean_Bronze_Age_Bottle. ... Image File history File links Andean_Bronze_Age_Bottle. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and of materials engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds and their mixtures, which are called alloys. ... Knit hat, yarn, and knitting needles. ... Capital Cusco Official language Quechua Government Head of State Federal Empire Sapa Inca Establishment Dissolution 1250 (¿?) 1548 Area ~2. ...

Polychrome, fish-shaped, nazca vessel, Ica, Peru

A ceramic from the Wari Culture, Ancash, Peru