Huari Culture
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The Huari (or Wari') was a Middle Horizon civilization that flourished in the Andes in the south of modern-day Peru, from about 500 to 1200 A.D. The capital city of the same name is located near the modern city of Ayacucho, Peru. This city was the center of a civilization that covered much of the highlands and coast of modern Peru. Early on their territory expanded to include the ancient oracle center of Pachacamac, though it seems to have remained largely autonomous. Then later it expanded to include much of the territory of the earlier Moche and later Chimu cultures.
The Huari were contemporaries of the Tiwanaku and artistically shared many attributes. Contacts between the two cultures appears to have been limited to a span of 50 years in which there was sporadic fighting over a mine first occupied by the Tiwanaku. The mine stradled the border between the two cultures' spheres of influence and the Huari attempted, but failed, to secure it for themselves.
The Huari state established architecturally distinctive administrative centers in many of its provinces. Some 300 years after the Huari empire collapsed, Inca became the dominant power in the Andean region.
The Huari terraced field technology was adopted by the Inca when they began a major push to improve the agricultural productivity of their lands. The Huari had a major road network set up throughout their sphere of influence, which may have become part of the Inca road system.
For more information, please see Wari'
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