... 27With the eclipse of the Chavin culture, regional cultures prospered for a few centuries, but by 200 of the Common Era, the southern por-tion of coastal Peru was under the domination of the Nazca ... (responsible for the mysterious “Nazca lines” etched in the desert) while, at the same time, the Moche culture (with its famous Temple of the Sun) achieved a similar dominance in the north. The social ... as it was in conquering them. A couple of hundred years later, the Chimú empire arose on the north coast, while in the south, the popu-lous city of Tiahuanaco on the southeastern edge of Lake...