Parallel and east of La Costa is La Sierra, the central region that is part of the Cordillera de los Andes. The Andes is a mountain range that streaches through parts of Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Argentina. It even has sub-chains that go as far as Columbia, in the north, and Tierra del Fuego in the south. La Sierra covers about thirty perc

A couple of the first major Andean cultures were the Moche and the Nasca who came into existance at about 100 AD. Both were along the dry coast of Peru. The people of Moche took runoff form the mountain and built aqueducts that carried the water to irrigation canals. They had one of the world's richest offshore fisheries which, along with their agriculture, supported economic, administrative and ceremonial centers. These centers had huge pyramids built entirely of adobe, and huge neighborhoods of specialized craftsmen. Raw materials were brought to the artisans using llama caravans and reed boats. These artisans created some of the greatest masterpieces of Andean art. The Moche were also inventors of metalworking techniques that weer later envied by the Inca. In addition to all of this, they built roads that survived almost a htousand years to the Inca times.

Tiwanku and the Wari cultures started at about 500 AD. They both created trans-Andean empires and develpoed blue prints for uniting diverse poeples. Another think that they had in commen was that they both built monumental cities in stone. Tiwanku rose first and used the local abundance of foods- they got meat form they llamas and alpacas who were pastured on high plateaus. They also raised potatoes and other crops in raised beds drained by canals. The city of Tiwanku was built ten miles south of the sacred Lake Titicaca and within sight of a mountain that was believed to control the weather Some scholars believe that this city was a ceremonial center. From herer Tiwanku spread south for five hundred miles.

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