Caral – The First City of the New World
February 19, 2026
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Episode 54 · February 19, 2026
Caral – The First City of the New World
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Caral – The First City of the New World
Summary
Caral, a 5,000-year-old city in Peru and the oldest known urban center in the Americas. Built without warfare or monumental kingship, Caral thrived through trade between coastal fishing and inland agriculture, large-scale communal construction, and shared ritual life. Environmental change led to its peaceful abandonment, but its cultural patterns influenced later Andean civilizations. Caral reveals that complex society can emerge through cooperation rather than conquest.
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