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 Image Gallery  Wari SocietyThe powerful society known as the Wari stretched along the central highlands of Peru between AD 500 and 1000. Their rulers governed from the capital city, also called Wari. At the height of their power, the Wari expanded from their homeland in the mountains by conquering neighboring groups and forming strategic alliances. By bringing other societies and ethnic groups under their rule they became an empire—the first in the Andes. Take a look at some of the objects that tell us about Wari rulers and citizens and the attributes they share with other governmental societies.
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