Warians II

600-1100 CE

From 600 to 1100 CE, the Wari built South America's first true empire from their highland capital — their roads prefiguring the Inca royal highways, their administrative centers imposing order from Cusco to the coast, their art styles spreading faster than their armies could march. For five centuries they unified the Andean world through trade, religion, and force, until drought and rebellion fragmented their domain and left only ruins for the Inca to ponder and surpass.