Peru

Timeline

Oldest first

1. Civilisation

   Caral–Supe civilization3000–2000 BCE

2. Civilisation

   Chavín culture900–500 BCE

   At the same time here: Paracas culture

3. Civilisation

   Paracas culture800–100 BCE

   At the same time here: Chavín culture

4. Civilisation

   Moche culture100 BCE – 700 CE

   At the same time here: Nazca culture and Wari Empire

5. Civilisation

   Nazca culture100 BCE – 650 CE

   At the same time here: Moche culture and Wari Empire

6. Civilisation

   Wari Empire600–800 CE

   At the same time here: Moche culture and Nazca culture

7. Civilisation

   Chimú culture900–1470 CE

   At the same time here: Inca Empire

8. Civilisation

   Inca Empire1438–1532 CE

   At the same time here: Chimú culture and Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire

9. War

   Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire1532–1572 CE

   Pizarro's expedition and its Indigenous allies

   Pizarro's expedition, for the Crown of Castile, Huáscar's faction of the Inca nobility, Cañari, Huanca, Chanka, Huaylas, and Chachapoyas

   against

   The Inca Empire and, from 1537, the Inca state of Vilcabamba

   Inca Empire and Neo-Inca State of Vilcabamba

   Spanish forces took Vilcabamba, the last Inca stronghold, in 1572; the former Inca lands became part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru.

   At the same time here: Inca Empire