Wari Empire

c. 600-1000 AD
RegionPeru/Andes
Periodc. 600-1000 AD

About Wari Empire

A Middle Horizon civilization in the Andes with its capital near modern Ayacucho in Peru. The Wari built administrative centers and a road network later expanded by the Inca. They used knotted cords that may have been forerunners of the Inca quipu. Its decline may have been linked to prolonged drought.

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