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gptkbp:instanceOf
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ancient people
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Norte_Chico_civilization
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gptkbp:contemporaryOf
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gptkb:Indus_Valley_civilization
gptkb:ancient_Egypt_(Old_Kingdom)
gptkb:Sumerian_civilization
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gptkbp:continent
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gptkb:South_America
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gptkbp:declinedAfter
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climate change
resource depletion
c. 1800 BCE
possible social upheaval
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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gptkb:Ruth_Shady
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gptkbp:discoveredIn
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1994
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gptkbp:economy
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agriculture
fishing
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gptkbp:flourishedDuring
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c. 3000 BCE – 1800 BCE
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Caral civilization
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:later_Andean_civilizations
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gptkbp:knownFor
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pyramids
urban planning
early agriculture
absence of ceramics
absence of visual art
large platform mounds
quipu (knot record-keeping)
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Peru
gptkb:Supe_Valley
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gptkbp:mainCrops
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gptkb:spice
squash
beans
cotton
gourds
avocado
sweet potato
guava
achira
lucuma
maize (limited)
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gptkbp:mainRiver
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gptkb:Supe_River
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:Great_Pyramid_of_Caral
concert hall
sunken circular plazas
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gptkbp:notableSite
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gptkb:Aspero
gptkb:Bandurria
gptkb:Huaricanga
gptkb:Sechin_Bajo
gptkb:Caral
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gptkbp:oldestUniversityIn
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gptkb:Caral
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gptkbp:period
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gptkb:Late_Archaic
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gptkbp:populationEstimate
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up to 3,000 (Caral city)
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Chavín_culture
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gptkbp:recordKeeping
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quipu
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gptkbp:region
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central coast of Peru
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gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
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gptkb:Caral-Supe
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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none known
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Sacred_City_of_Caral-Supe
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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