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Why was Peru settled before Mexico?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

It wasn't.

Mexico's native civilizations rose between 1600 and 1500 BC, being the Olmecs and Maya the most important among them. The last civilization to rise in Mexico were the Aztecs, who founded their capital city in 1325 AD. The most widely known Peruvian civilization is the Inca Empire, which had its beginnings around 1100 AD.

If you mean "settled" as in conquered by Spanish conquistadors, Mexico was conquered at the fall of Tenochtitlan in 1521, while Peru wasn't fully conquered until 1572.

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10y ago

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