Andes

mountain range running along the western side of South America

10 dated entries naming Andes, drawn from 7 separate years between 1000 BCE and 1972 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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10th century BC

2nd century BC

  • 200 BCEThe Early Horizon period in the Andes comes to an end as the Chavin culture vanishes and is succeeded by the Nazca culture (approximate date).source

2nd century

  • 200The Paracas culture in the Andes ends (around this year).source

6th century

  • 600The Wari Empire is established in The Andes (approximate date)source
  • 600Moche culture ends in the Andes (approximate date).source

16th century

  • 1525European-brought diseases sweep through the Andes, killing thousands, including the Inca.source

18th century

  • 1786September 25 – The mine of Huancavelica in the Peruvian Andes collapses killing more than a hundred people. The event is a major setback for quicksilver production in the Spanish Empire.source

20th century

  • 1972October 13 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571: A Fairchild FH-227D passenger aircraft transporting a rugby union team crashes at about 14000 ft m in the Andes mountain range, near the Argentina/Chile border. Sixteen of the survivors are found alive December 20 but they have had to resort to cannibalism to survive.source

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