Cultural sphere · approximate550 CE – 1000 · 450 years
Tiwanaku Empire
Overview
Tiwanaku is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, near Lake Titicaca, about 70 kilometers from La Paz, and it is one of the largest sites in South America. Surface remains currently cover around 4 square kilometers and include decorated ceramics, monumental structures, and megalithic blocks. It has been conservatively estimated that the site was inhabited by 10,000 to 20,000 people in AD 800.
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Borders & accuracy
An archaeological culture; extent is defined by where its material remains have been found rather than by political control.
- SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
- DETAILhistorical-basemaps:700:Tiahuanaco Empire
- SNAPSHOT700 CE
- MATCHEDTiahuanaco Empire
- POLITY TYPEculture
Also during this period
No conflict record yet names this polity as a belligerent; these overlap its dates only.
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Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 550 CE and fits the map to these borders.
Cite as: Tiwanaku Empire (550 CE – 1000). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/americas-tiwanaku · Sources & methodology