Chavin de Huantar

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About Chavin de Huantar:

It is Located around 190 miles (306 km) northeast of Lima, Peru.
The Chavin de Huantar archeological site is among the culture’s most important centers, thriving from around 1,500-550 B.C.
It is one of the earliest and best-known pre-Columbian sites.
They date back to the first sedentary farming communities in the northern highlands of the Peruvian Andes, more than 2,000 years before the Inca Empire rose to power.
It served as the center of social, political, and religious activity in the Andean Highlands.
The Chavín people developed a culturally rich society with a complex religious hierarchy and an extensive trade network
The Chavin are well-known for their advanced art, often featuring depictions of birds and felines.
It is evident in the still breathtaking stone buildings, terraces and plazas embellished with anthropomorphic and zoomorphic bas-relief carvings.
It was declared as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1985.

Q1) What is the Inca Empire?

The Inca Empire, also known as the Incan Empire or Tawantinsuyu, was the largest pre-Columbian civilization in the Americas. It existed in what is now modern-day Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and parts of Colombia and Argentina.

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