Timeline of Andean history

This timeline presents a brief description of the major developments having occured in the Northern and Central Andes, since the beginning of the Andean Bronze Age.

Archaic (c. 500-650 CE)
c. 500: Basques land in northern Venezuela, bringing with them multiple crops and fowl native to Eurasia. Huari culture forms in southern Peru.

6th century: Basques migrate south, coming into contact with the Moche culture. This interaction leads to the birth of the Andean Basque culture.

late 6th-early 7th century: Moche civilization weakened by disease

Classical (c. 650-760 CE)
7th century: Moche rebuild, co-exist with Vasconic civilization. By the middle of the century, a trade network extends from distant Basque outposts near the Caribbean coast, to Aymara towns in the south.

c. 700: The Basque cities in the Northern Andes are united into the Andean Basque kingdom

c. 720: The Andean Basque kingdom integrates most of the Moche territory, which gains nominal representation with the formation of the Basque-Moche kingdom

Post-classical (c. 760-820 CE)
late 8th century: The Basque-Moche kingdom falls

c. 800: Societal collapse, end of the Andean Basque Era

Izanian era
early 9th century: In the wake of the societal collapse, the Dragon Heart people move into the region, setting up new city-states and taking over existing ones.

9th century: Contact with Andean Basque bear/alpaca cults lead to the birth of the Izanian religion

10th century: As they grow to overlap with each other, the cities around Lake Titicaca unite, becoming a federation of equal city-states.