Chimu culture

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Andean culture archaeological culture archaeological site pre-Columbian city pre-Columbian civilization

The Chimu culture was a powerful pre-Columbian civilization on Peru’s northern coast, renowned for its adobe city of Chan Chan and sophisticated irrigation, metallurgy, and textile production before its conquest by the Inca.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Andean culture → archaeological culture → archaeological site → pre-Columbian city → pre-Columbian civilization →
builtBy	Chimu culture →
capital	Chan Chan →
conqueredBy	Inca Empire → Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui → Topa Inca Yupanqui →
country	Peru → Peru →
economyBasedOn	agriculture → craft production → fishing → long-distance trade →
ended	late 15th century CE →
flourished	c. 1000 CE → c. 900 CE →
followed	Moche culture →
followedBy	Inca Empire →
hadPoliticalStructure	centralized kingdom →
hadRulerTitle	ciquic →
hasMajorSite	Chan Chan →
heritageSite	Chan Chan Archaeological Zone →
influenced	Inca administrative practices →
influencedBy	Moche culture →
knownFor	adobe architecture → blackware ceramics → city of Chan Chan → gold and silver work → irrigation systems → large-scale irrigation canals → marine iconography → metallurgy → textile production →
language	Chimú language →
languageFamily	Chimuan languages →
locatedIn	La Libertad Region → northern coast of Peru →
majorDeity	Moon deity → Sea deity →
material	adobe →
partOf	Andean civilizations →
precededBy	Moche culture →
region	North Coast of Peru →
religion	Andean religion →
timePeriod	Late Intermediate Period →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1986 →
usedMaterial	adobe → camelid wool → copper → cotton → gold → silver →
usedWritingSystem	quipu (possibly) →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Trujillo ("Chimú culture") →	associatedPreColumbianCulture
Chan Chan →	builtBy
Topa Inca Yupanqui ("Chimú Empire") →	conquered
Topa Inca Yupanqui ("Chimú territory") →	expandedInto
Andean civilization ("Chimú culture") →	hasPart
Pre-Columbian era →	includesCivilization
Andes cultural area ("Chimú culture") →	includesCulture
Moche culture ("Chimú culture") →	influenced
Chinchaysuyu ("Chimú") →	integratedPeoples