Inca conquest of the Chimú

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Inca expansion campaign military campaign

The Inca conquest of the Chimú was a late 15th-century military campaign in which the Inca Empire subjugated the powerful Chimú civilization on Peru’s northern coast, incorporating its territory, wealth, and artisans into the expanding Inca state.

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Label	Occurrences
Inca conquest of the Chimú canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Inca expansion campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
affected	Chicama Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Lambayeque region NERFINISHED ⓘ Moche Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictBetween	Chimú civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ Inca Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
conquered	Chan Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ Chimú coastal valleys NERFINISHED ⓘ Chimú hinterland territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedBy	Inca oral traditions recorded after the conquest ⓘ
documentedIn	Spanish colonial chronicles ⓘ
followedBy	Inca consolidation of coastal provinces ⓘ Inca expansion into present-day Ecuador ⓘ
hasApproximateDate	c. 1470s–1480s ⓘ
hasCause	Inca desire to access Chimú wealth and resources ⓘ Inca desire to control coastal trade routes ⓘ Inca imperial expansion policy ⓘ
hasEndTime	late 15th century ⓘ
hasOpponent	Chimú Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Chimú ruler Minchançaman NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasParticipant	Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui NERFINISHED ⓘ Topa Inca Yupanqui NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStartTime	late 15th century ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Late Intermediate Period to Late Horizon transition ⓘ
integratedCulture	Chimú metalworking traditions ⓘ Chimú textile production ⓘ
integratedEconomy	Chimú craft production ⓘ Chimú irrigation systems ⓘ
integratedInto	Tawantinsuyu NERFINISHED ⓘ
integratedPopulation	Chimú people NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	South America ⓘ northern coast of present-day Peru ⓘ
partOf	Inca expansion in the Late Horizon ⓘ
precededBy	Inca conquest of the Chanca NERFINISHED ⓘ Inca consolidation in the Cuzco region ⓘ
result	Inca victory ⓘ annexation of Chimú territory by the Inca Empire ⓘ end of Chimú political independence ⓘ
resultedIn	incorporation of Chimú artisans into the Inca state ⓘ integration of Chimú administrative practices into the Inca Empire ⓘ transfer of Chimú wealth to Cuzco ⓘ
significance	extended Inca control over most of the Peruvian coast ⓘ marked the fall of the largest pre-Inca coastal state in Peru ⓘ
targeted	Chimú capital Chan Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedStrategy	cutting off Chimú access to water sources ⓘ relocation of Chimú elites and artisans ⓘ siege of Chan Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ

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UNESCO World Heritage Site Chan Chan → abandonedAfter → Inca conquest of the Chimú ⓘ

subject surface form: Chan Chan