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  2. Late Bronze Age collapse - Wikipedia

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    The Middle Assyrian Empire (1392–1056 BC) had destroyed the Hurrian-Mitanni Empire, annexed much of the Hittite Empire and eclipsed the Egyptian Empire. At the beginning of the Late Bronze Age collapse, it controlled an empire stretching from the Caucasus Mountains in the north to the Arabian Peninsula in the south, and from Ancient Iran in ...

  3. Periodization of pre-Columbian Peru - Wikipedia

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    This is a chart of cultural periods of Peru and the Andean Region developed by John Rowe and Edward Lanning and used by some archaeologists studying the area. An alternative dating system was developed by Luis Lumbreras and provides different dates for some archaeological finds.

  4. Pre-Columbian Peru - Wikipedia

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    A frieze at the Sechin Bajo site of the Casma/Sechin culture has been dated to 3600 BCE, the oldest monument found in Peru. [3] Norte Chico civilization (Also known as the Caral-Supe civilization, nearly from 3,500 BCE to 1,800 BCE)" [4] El Paraíso, Peru, a Late Preceramic cite in the Lima region (3500–1800 BC)

  5. Mycenaean Greece - Wikipedia

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    Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC. [1] It represents the first advanced and distinctively Greek civilization in mainland Greece with its palatial states, urban organization, works of art, and writing system.

  6. Bronze Age - Wikipedia

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    A tsunami may have destroyed the Cretan navy in its home harbour, which then lost crucial naval battles; so that in the LMIB/LMII event (c. 1450 BC) the cities of Crete burned and the Mycenaean civilisation conquered Knossos. If the eruption occurred in the late 17th century BC as most chronologists believe, then its immediate effects belong to ...

  7. History of the Incas - Wikipedia

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    Civilizations portal; Peru Cultural Society; E-museum @ Minnesota State University; Nueva corónica y buen gobierno by Guaman Poma (published 1615) Inca Land by Hiram Bingham (published 1912–1922) Tupac Amaru, the Life, Times, and Execution of the Last Inca. Inca Artifacts, Peru, and Machu Picchu 360-degree movies of inca artifacts and ...

  8. Inca Empire - Wikipedia

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    The concept of a "pristine" civilization refers to a civilization that has developed independently of external influences and is not a derivative of other civilizations. [ 19 ] The Inca Empire was preceded by two large-scale empires in the Andes: the Tiwanaku ( c. 300 –1100 AD), based around Lake Titicaca , and the Wari or Huari ( c. 600 ...

  9. Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, also known as the Conquest of Peru, was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas.After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 168 Spanish soldiers under conquistador Francisco Pizarro, along with his brothers in arms and their indigenous allies, captured the last Sapa Inca, Atahualpa, at the ...