Who Did the Chimu Conquer
The End of the Chimú Was Brought About in the 1470S. They Were Conquered by the Inca Ruler Tupac Inca Yupanqui, Who Led a Fierce and Well Organized Army...
The end of the Chimú was brought about in the 1470s. They were conquered by the Inca ruler Tupac Inca Yupanqui, who led a fierce and well organized army northward. The Chimú were considered the last substantial rival culture standing in the way of the Inca conquest of the region.
Who were the Chimu people?
Chimú, South American Indians who maintained the largest and most important political system in Peru before the Inca (q.v.). The distinctive pottery of the Chimú aids in dating Andean civilization in the late periods along the north coast of Peru.
What was the capital city of Chimu?
Chan Chan, great ruined and abandoned city, the capital of the Chimú kingdom (c. ad 1100–1470) and the largest city in pre-Columbian America. It is situated on the northern coast of present-day Peru, about 300 miles (480 km) north of Lima in the Moche valley, between the Pacific Ocean and the city of Trujillo.
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