Middle Ages
Tiwanaku Empire
- Period
- AD 600 – AD 1278
- Duration
- approx. 678 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1000
- Area (max.)
- approx. 500,000 km²
Period and duration
Tiwanaku Empire — according to the map data from AD 600 to AD 1278, roughly 678 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Tiwanaku Empire — greatest extent around AD 1000: the mapped borders then cover about 500,000 km², roughly 0.3% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 599)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
No successors in the map data.
Neighbours around AD 1000
The largest states in the region at the same time:
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1000 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Tiwanaku Empire on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.