Caral May Have Been the Americas’ First Civilization Built Without War

Before the Inca, Maya, and Aztec, the Caral civilization built monumental architecture in Peru’s Supe Valley around 5,000 years ago.

Caral is marked by impressive pyramids and sunken ceremonial platforms.

Long before the Inca, Maya, and Aztec became the best-known civilizations of the Americas, a much older society was already buil…