Kabla ya kuja kwa Wahispania, Peru ilikuwa kitovu cha Dola la Inka.
Watu
Hadi leo kuna idadi kubwa ya Waindio (45%) wanaotunza utamaduni wao, mbali ya machotara Waindio-Wazungu (37%). Utafiti wa DNA yao unaonyesha urithi wa Kiindio umechangia 79.1% za DNA ya wakazi wa leo. Wazungu wenyewe ni 15% tu.
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