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	Chimu
		The Chimu state was characterized by conquest and expansion periods of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries.
		The Chimu conflict with the Inca began in 1462, and the Inca eventually prevailed.
		The focus of the Chimu state was the city of Chan Chan.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/cultures/chimu.html (272 words)

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	Chan Chan, Capital of Chimu empire, Trujillo archaeology, Peru Trujillo tours (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By the time the Inca conquered the Chimu domain, around 1470 AD, the capital was the center of an empire that covered a stretch of 621 miles of the Pacific coast and controlled about two-thirds of all agricultural land ever irrigated along the Pacific coast of South America.
		Agriculture was a major concern of the Chimu, who built many miles of irrigation canals, including inter-valley canals, to expand the area under cultivation.
		Colonial chroniclers report the legend of Tacaynamo, also called Chimu Capac, the mythical founder of Chan Chan "who came from across the sea, to rule the land".
	www.inkanatura.com /coastchiclayotrujillochanchan.asp (1164 words)

	Chimu - Encyclopedia.com
		Chimu, ancient civilization on the desert coast of N Peru.
		The Chimu exerted considerable influence on the Cuismancu empire, centered at Chancay.
		The last phases of Chimu civilization were contemporaneous with the rise of the Inca empire, by which it was absorbed c.1460.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Chimu.html (572 words)

	Chimu city of Chan Chan! Labyrinthina Sacred Journeys, Imports, Labyrinth
		Living in harmony with nature, the Chimu venerated the sea -- Deep in the heart of the Moche Valley and near the Valley of Trujillo not far from the Pacific ocean, lie the ruins of the largest mud city of pre-Hispanic Peru: Chan Chan.
		Capital city of the Chimu kingdom the citadel is without a doubt the most valuable heritage of what was one of the principal pre-Inca civilizations that flourished eight centuries ago on the northern Peruvian coast.
		The Chimu were experts in the study of native plants for healing, and food sustenance, and bred many animals such as the guinea pig, dogs, and a species of short necked llama, today extinct, which was used for transport.
	www.labyrinthina.com /chimu.htm (609 words)

	Chimu culture
		The Wari culture, based in the Ayacucho area of the central Peruvian Andes, began to expand and its influence was felt as far north as the Chicama Valley.
		The Chimu was a highly organized society - it must have been to have built and supported a city such as Chan Chan.
		The Chimu were conquered by the Incas in about 1460 but the city was not looted until the arrival of the Spanish.
	members.tripod.com /huanchaco/9chimu.html (374 words)

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		Agriculture was vital to their existence, and the Chimu constructed an extensive irrigation system of incredible engineering skill around Chan Chan in order to irrigate their agricultural fields.
		But the Chimu will probably be most remembered for the urban design of their cities.
		The Chimu seem to have particularly venerated the sea lion, whale and otter.
	www.globalheritagefund.org /where/nomination_chanchan.html (522 words)

	e. Chimu. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		On the north coast, the Chimu kingdom based on the Moche Valley filled the vacuum left by collapsing Moche after 850
		C.E. The Chimu capital, Chan Chan, at the mouth of the Chicama River, housed the adobe compounds of aristocratic rulers.
		Each enclosure became the burial place of its royal builder, for new rulers inherited the title, but not the material possessions, of their predecessors.
	www.bartleby.com /67/60.html (185 words)

	Peru and Mexico Meet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Chimu were one of the primary competitors of the Incas as the Incas were establishing their empire.
		The Chimu dominated the coastal lowlands of Peru and Ecuador.
		While the Chimu have been primarily traders, they have at times become involved in the political/military rivalries of western Mexico, and some aspects of their tactics and strategies have been observed and copied by the locals.
	members.aol.com /althist2/aug00/perumexico.htm (4353 words)

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