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Chimú culture
South AmericaHeartland today: 
Peru
Before and after
In the north coast of Peru:Came before: Moche culture Came after: Inca Empire
The Lambayeque (Sicán) culture also rose on this coast as the Moche faded; the Chimú later conquered it.
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Successors to the Moche on Peru's north coast, the Chimú built Chan Chan, the largest adobe city in the pre-Columbian Americas, before falling to Inca conquest around 1470.
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Key events
Chimor's founding legend holds that Taycanamo arrived by raft at the Moche valley from the seaDisputed
This account comes from Chimú oral history recorded after the Spanish conquest and mixes legend with history.
Sources
- Moseley, Michael E. & Cordy-Collins, Alana (1990). The Northern Dynasties. Dumbarton Oaks.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Chimu."
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Chan Chan grows into a vast adobe capital of walled compounds on the coast near Trujillo
Sources
- Moseley, Michael E. & Cordy-Collins, Alana (1990). The Northern Dynasties. Dumbarton Oaks.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Chan Chan."
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– Chimú traders bring Spondylus shell from warm Ecuadorian waters for offerings and metalwork
Sources
- Moseley, Michael E. & Cordy-Collins, Alana (1990). The Northern Dynasties. Dumbarton Oaks.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Chimu."
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Chimor expands north and south along 1,000 kilometres of coastline, absorbing the Sicán realm
Sources
- Moseley, Michael E. & Cordy-Collins, Alana (1990). The Northern Dynasties. Dumbarton Oaks.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Chimu."
The Inca emperor Topa Inca Yupanqui defeats Minchançaman and absorbs Chimor into the growing Inca state
Sources
- Moseley, Michael E. & Cordy-Collins, Alana (1990). The Northern Dynasties. Dumbarton Oaks.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Chimu."