Tiwanaku

State · 550–1000 CE · at its largest around 550 CE

Andean state centred on the city of Tiwanaku south of Lake Titicaca, supported by raised-field farming, with colonies reaching the Pacific valleys of Moquegua and the eastern lowlands.

In the guided tours

• The Americas before 1492: Thousands of years of farming, cities and empires in the Americas, from early maize and the Andes' first cities to Tenochtitlan and the Inca.

On its lands while it lasted

• Tiwanaku (c. 500–1000 CE): Capital of a powerful Andean polity near Lake Titicaca, known for its finely cut stone architecture including the Gateway of the Sun.

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