You are looking at
Nazca culture
South AmericaHeartland today: 
Peru
The British Museum ends Nazca at about 600 CE, but archaeologists date Late Nazca pottery to 550–750 CE: the Nazca were still making their lines when Wari reached the coast around 650 CE, and the culture was gone by about 750 CE.
Before and after
In the south coast of Peru:Came before: Paracas culture Came after: Wari Empire
Power shifted from the coast to the highlands as Wari rose, around 650 CE.
Meanwhile…
- Maya civilization
Mesoamerica · Longest-lasting hereThe Maya Long Count calendar tracks days in an unbroken count from a mythical starting point in 3114 BCE.
Compare - Ancient RomeRoma
Europe · Tang court records describe envoys from 'Fulin', their name for Constantinople, arriving in 643 CE with gifts of red glass and precious stones.
Compare - Han dynasty汉
China · Han emperors began selecting officials partly through a classical curriculum taught at an imperial academy, an early ancestor of China's civil-service exams.
Compare - Ancient EgyptKemet (km.t)
Africa · Oldest here (disputed dates)The Ptolemies' Alexandria, with its lighthouse and library, grew into a city of hundreds of thousands while Qin's First Emperor unified China in 221 BCE and Rome fought Carthage.
Compare - Moche culture South America ·
Moche potters modelled ceramic portrait vessels so lifelike that individual faces can be recognised across different vessels.
Compare - Zapotec civilizationBe'ena'a Mesoamerica ·
Zapotec nobles were buried in stone tombs beneath their own houses, later reopened and reused for centuries.
Compare
Heirs to the Paracas textile tradition, the Nazca carved hundreds of huge lines and figures into Peru's coastal desert and dug underground aqueducts that still carry water today.
Also alive at the same time
Key events
The Proto-Nazca phase begins on the Rio Grande de Nazca drainage, developing out of Paracas traditions
Sources
- Silverman, Helaine & Proulx, Donald A. (2002). The Nasca. Blackwell.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Nazca."
Also happening around
- Han dynastyChina
- Paracas cultureSouth America
- Moche cultureSouth America
- Maya civilizationMesoamerica
- Zapotec civilizationMesoamerica
- TeotihuacanMesoamerica
- Etruscan civilizationEurope
- Celtic Iron AgeEurope
- Ancient RomeEurope
- Ancient EgyptAfrica
- Mixtec civilizationMesoamerica (uncertain overlap)
- Ancient GreeceEurope (uncertain overlap)
Cahuachi rises as a ceremonial centre of earthwork mounds and plazas, without permanent large-scale residence
Sources
- Silverman, Helaine & Proulx, Donald A. (2002). The Nasca. Blackwell.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Nazca."
– The Nazca scrape hundreds of lines and animal figures into the desert plain, purpose still debatedDisputed
Proposed purposes range from astronomical calendars to ritual paths for water and fertility rites; no single explanation is agreed.
Sources
- Silverman, Helaine & Proulx, Donald A. (2002). The Nasca. Blackwell.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Nazca Lines."
Nazca engineers dig puquios, spiral underground aqueducts that still supply water in dry seasonsDisputed
The puquios cannot be dated directly; most archaeologists place their construction around 500–600 CE, though earlier dates have been argued.
Sources
- Silverman, Helaine & Proulx, Donald A. (2002). The Nasca. Blackwell.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Nazca."
– Nazca society declines after El Niño flooding, worsened by the clearing of huarango trees for farmland
Sources
- Silverman, Helaine & Proulx, Donald A. (2002). The Nasca. Blackwell.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Nazca."