What Indian people ruled Peru before the Spanish took over?

TMOORE70

The Incas ruled Peru prior to the Spaniards. The geographic extent of the Maya civilization, known as the Maya area, extended throughout the northern Central American region, including the present-day nations of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, western Honduras, and the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and the Yucatán Peninsula states of Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatán. Sep 22 07, 6:29 AM

myrab51

Peruvian territory was home to the Norte Chico civilization, one of the oldest in the world, and to the Inca Empire, the largest state in Pre-Columbian America. The Spanish Empire conquered the country in the 16th century and established a Viceroyalty, which included most of its South American colonies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru Sep 22 07, 3:50 PM