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	Chan Chan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		km, Chan Chan was constructed by the Chimor (the kingdom of the Chimú), a late intermediate period civilization which grew out of the remnants of the Moche civilization.
		The vast mud city of Chan Chan was built between c.
		Chan Chan, unlike most other coastal ruins in Peru, is located extremely close to the Pacific Ocean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chan_Chan (371 words)

	Chan Chan on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		An early example of city planning, with a rectangular grid structure, it was probably begun in the period from AD 950 to 1400, and it is estimated that it may have contained as many as 200,000 people.
		Chan Chan is generally accepted as the capital of the Chimu, a pre-Inca civilization.
		Jackie Chan dÃ©but juin Ã Honolulu L'acteur vedette Jackie Chan, nÃ© Ã Hong Kong, est l'un des trois Chinois qui participero.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/ChanC1han.asp (859 words)

	Chan Chan \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Trujillo, Peru \| Frommers.com
		The museum is equipped with a new auditorium and models of Chan Chan; an audio and light presentation is given in English as well as Spanish.
		Chan Chan Crime Report--Chan Chan is spread out over several kilometers, and some visitors walking alone among the component parts have reported robberies and attacks.
		Chan Chan is just a couple of kilometers from the beach, but the route to the water has a very bad reputation and should be avoided; too many reports of muggings and worse have been registered over the years to risk it.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/trujilloperu/A31108.html (1199 words)

	Archaeological Sites
		The capital of Chimu, Chan Chan, is dated from1000 to about1400 A.D. The site of Chan Chan is located in the Moche Valley, about 300 miles north of Lima.
		Chan Chan was an extremely large capital city, covering more than eight square miles.
		Similar materials were used in most of the Chan Chan’s architecture.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/sites/chanchan.html (515 words)

	Chan Chan, Peru
		Chan Chan, the capital city, was the largest pre-Columbian South American urban center.
		By AD 1470 Chan Chan was abandoned by the Incas and Chimú; squatters moved in.
		Chan Chan represents the highest architectural and land-use dreams of the Lords of Chimor.
	stonecenter.tulane.edu /~latinlib/chanchan.html (969 words)

	Peru's Chan Chan
		Chan Chan was the capital of the Chimus, who, before the Incas built their mighty empire, dominated over 600 miles of Peru’s Pacific coastline.
		Visiting the Chan Chan museum, we can see examples of their skill with gold, ceramics, weaving, and pottery.
		When the Incas finally conquered Chan Chan in the early 15th century, they transferred most of the wealth to their own capital, Cuzco.
	www.calnative.com /stories/n_chanchan.htm (498 words)

	Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club
		The two central characters, 'Juanica' and 'Chan Chan,' are legends of Cuban folklore; the lyrics capture the life and culture of the 'guajiro,' or peasant of rural Cuba.
		Compay himself was born in such a setting, in Oriente province, which is often referred to as the cradle and soul of Cuban music.
		As is commonly the case with Cuban lyrics, "Chan Chan" is a series of images without a clear narrative arc.
	www.pbs.org /buenavista/music/songs/chan_chan.html (137 words)

	Chan Chan 2006 Contest \| Dexigner Design Forums
		In this tradition, the current contest, "Chan Chan 2006", follows the same principles but in a more dynamic, efficient and easy to use format so that all interested architects can develop and deliver their ideas in a user friendly system.
		The ruins of Chan Chan are located between 8º04'20” and 8º07'05” of southern latitude and 79º03' and 79º06' of western longitude.
		The most notorious characteristic of Chan Chan is the presence of large groups of walled architectural strucutures, made up of palaces and religious buildings, sets of symmetrical rooms, cubicles, passageways, courtyards, irrigated fields for crop cultivation, water reservoirs, plazas and small squares.
	www.dexigner.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=2846 (1168 words)

	Chimu city of Chan Chan! Labyrinthina Sacred Journeys, Imports, Labyrinth
		Chan Chan meaning "Sun Sun," is sprawled across an estimated l8 square kilometers.
		Their worship of the ocean was reflected in each and every one of the adobe mud-brick constructions where one can make out traces of murals, niches and recesses, as well as bas-relief stucco figures in the shape of sea animals, fishing tools, and sailing scenes.
		Chan Chan is a majestic vision weaving the elements of harmony, beauty, and history...
	www.labyrinthina.com /chimu.htm (609 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Chan Chan
		Chan Chan, capital city and chief administrative center of the Chimú kingdom, which flourished in Peru from ad 1100 to about 1470.
		Zen, Buddhist school that developed in China and later in Japan as the result of a fusion between the Mahayana form of Buddhism originating in India...
		Chan, Jackie, born in 1954, Chinese actor and director of action motion pictures, whose death-defying stunt work, comic manner, and elaborately...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Chan_Chan.html (114 words)

	Jordan Chan Siu-Chun
		Jordan Chan Siu-Chun was born on July 8, 1967.
		However, the role that truly Chan is truly identified with is Chicken, from the Young and Dangerous series.
		Chan has gone through a number of name changes over the years.
	www.lovehkfilm.com /people/chan_jordan.htm (273 words)

	Chan Chan -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Although Chan originated in China with an Indian monk, Bodhidharma, it came to be the most Chinese of Buddhist schools.
		Chan was the protagonist of six novels—The House Without a Key (1925), The Chinese Parrot (1926), Behind That Curtain (1928), The Black Camel (1929), Charlie Chan Carries On (1930), and Keeper of the Keys (1932).
		Zen (Ch'an in Chinese) is a Japanese term meaning “meditation.” It is a major school of Japanese Buddhism that claims to transmit the spirit of Buddhism, or the...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9022370 (768 words)

	Gate of the Sun - Peru - Chan Chan Archaeological Site Tour
		The well planned metropolis of Chan Chan, the ancient capital of the Chimu Empire, was built entirely of mud and adobe bricks.
		A stop is made at Huaca Dragon (4 kilometers north of Trujillo) to visit this restored, pyramidal, adobe temple consecrated to the rainbow, with beautiful base reliefs and a small archaeological museum.
		Finally visit Huanchaco, it is a picturesque fishing cove where one can find the ancient craft that appeared on Mochica pottery and on friezes at Chan Chan: the caballitos de totora, rafts woven from the totora reed in an art that has been handed down over generations.
	www.gateofthesun.com /ChanChan (543 words)

	History Channel - UNESCO
		Chan Chan was the capital of the Chimu kingdom, the chief state in Peru before the establishment of the Inca Empire.
		Because these remnants of a complex culture and society require continuous protection from natural erosion, the abandoned and fragile site of Chan Chan was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1986.
		Learn about why Chan Chan Archaeological Zone was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
	www.historychannel.com /classroom/unesco/chanchan.html (238 words)

	CBS News \| First Person Journalism: Chan Chan, Peru \| December 13, 1999 07:38:50
		As spectacular as the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu are, with magnificent vistas and llamas and alpacas that may be viewed up close, what may be even more amazing are some ruins on the northern coast of Peru; the ancient city of Chan Chan.
		Chan Chan is the largest city built of mud in the world; it is also the oldest city (as opposed to towns and villages) in the Americas, first built in the 11th Century.
		Also, the walls inside Chan Chan's sanctuary represent fishing netsÂa plaintive appeal to the gods to restore their sustenance.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1998/03/05/archive/main4291.shtml (322 words)

	Agence France Presse Spanish: Chan Chan, la ciudadela de barro está en peligro por filtraciones de agua@ HighBeam ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Chan Chan, la ciudadela de barro está en peligro por filtraciones de agua
		Chan Chan, considerada como la ciudadela de barro ms grande del mundo, se encuentra en peligro por el incremento de las filtraciones de agua que ataca sus estructuras y amenaza con penetrar en las ruinas.
		Ubicada en la ciudad de Trujillo, departamento de La Libertad (norte), Chan Chan fue la capital del reino Chim, que floreci entre los aos 1000 y 1470.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:85918453&refid=holomed_1 (231 words)

	::: ARQUITECTUM ::: CHAN CHAN 2006
		On behalf of ARQUITECTUM, a firm dedicated to the organization of Architecture Contests, we are glad to announce the winning projects of the " CHAN CHAN 2006 " International Architecture Contest.
		These are perhaps the projects which guarantee permanence in the people's memories.
		ARQUITECTUM would like to thank the generous collaboration of all the companies involved in the promotion, sponsoring and diffusion of the " CHAN CHAN 2006 " contest, as well as the distinguish members of the jury, without whom it would have been impossible to carry out this project.
	www.arquitectum.com /concursos/chanchan_en.php (734 words)

	Chan Chan Photo Gallery
		Chan Chan - Trujillo - Peru (Photos: © Jorge Mazzotti)
		The Chimu kingdom, of which Chan Chan was the capital, reached its peak in the 15th century, not long before falling under the Incas.
		The planning of this huge city, the biggest in pre-Columbian America, reflects a strict political and social strategy, marked by its division into nine "citadels" or "palaces" forming independent units.
	www.go2peru.com /tru_foto1.htm (147 words)

	Peru tours: discount vacation travel to Sipan, Chan Chan
		Its interior holds valuable retables, liturgical furnishings and can vases of great value as well as images of high artistic quality The main retable was created by the Master Fernando Collado de la Cruz, a fl free man (1759).
		CHAN CHAN.- The nucleus of the Chimu culture (XII century).
		It is considered the largest mud city in the world and UNESCO has declared it a Cultural Patrimony of Humanity.
	www.peru-explorer.com /sipan.htm (1646 words)

	Chan Chan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Chan Chan is a huge site made entirely of mud.
		Only one of many ancient cities in Chan Chan has been excavated and restored.
		The people of Chan Chan were dependent on the ocean as a source of life.
	www.usu.edu /anthro/peru/trips/chan.htm (67 words)

	Siu chan chan (2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I braved this Aaron Kwok-Kelly Chan vehicle to see Teresa Mo's first (and only) movie appearance since 1994.
		I've missed watching her goofy-cute performances and she doesn't disappoint, even if And I Hate You So is as lame a movie as they come.
		Kwok's deejay is just mean and misogynist, and Chan's columnist is simply bossy and untalented.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt253955 (401 words)

	The Moche Route tour - Chiclayo, Trujillo Sipan, Chan Chan and Sun and moon temples tour and travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In Chiclayo, Visit the most famous Sipan tomb considered as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the last 30 years and walk following the steps of the ancient peruvian at the pyramids of Tucume.
		In Trujillo, visit the beautiful Sun and Moon temples built by Moches the colonial city, and Chan Chan citadel, the capital of the Chimu empire.
		We'll then visit the royal palace complex of Chan Chan, built by the Chimu culture in pre-Inca times.
	www.inkanatura.com /themocheroute.asp (446 words)

	ALN No. 47: Zegarra et al.: Chan Chan ruins (photo) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		ALN No. 47: Zegarra et al.: Chan Chan ruins (photo)
		Chan Chan was the capital of the Chimu civilization of Peru, which flourished between 1250 and 1470 CE.
		The massive quality of the perimeter wall surrounding the city is characteristic of adobe; as the photo shows, adobe can also be highly decorative.
	ag.arizona.edu /OALS/ALN/aln47/zeg2.html (52 words)

	Film Threat Back Talk Forums - View Single Post - Fruit Chan, Chan Fruit
		Fruit Chan's chinese first name really is "Fruit"
		Even though Fruit Chan is technically from China in two respects (he was born in Canton and Hong Kong has been part of China for nearly a decade)....but in terms of putting it "in print," saying "Fruit Chan of Hong Kong" is more accurate.
		Jet Li would be difficult to place...b/c saying he is from China is more correct than saying Fruit Chan is from China; but the whopping majority (if not all) of Jet Li's films were made in HK.
	www.filmthreat.com /forums/showpost.php?p=27575&postcount=1 (345 words)

	Peru vacation packages ,The North of Peru: visit Chachapoyas, Chan Chan, Lord of Sipan, Huaraz
		Contacts between Chan Chan and the Asian continent have never been proven, but there are tantalizing hints.
		Pottery figures depict Asiatic men with beards and turbans; even the name “Chan Chan” seems to be Chinese in origin.
		Don’t miss the famous “honeycombs,” where strange acoustic effects allow visitors to whisper to each other over long distances inside the adobe structures.
	www.orquidea.net /the_north.htm (910 words)

	Chan Chan
		Chan Chan is generally accepted as the capital of the
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