Inca conquest of the Chimú

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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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Inca conquest of the Chimú canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Inca expansion campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
affected Chicama Valley ⓘ
Lambayeque region ⓘ
linked to: Lambayeque Region

Moche Valley ⓘ
conflictBetween Chimú civilization ⓘ
linked to: Chimu culture

Inca Empire ⓘ
conquered Chan Chan ⓘ
Chimú coastal valleys ⓘ
linked to: Lambayeque Valley

Chimú hinterland territories ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Chimú ruler Minchançaman ⓘ
hasParticipant Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui ⓘ
Topa Inca Yupanqui ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
integratedPopulation Chimú people ⓘ
linked to: Chimu culture
locatedIn South America ⓘ
northern coast of present-day Peru ⓘ
partOf Inca expansion in the Late Horizon ⓘ
precededBy Inca conquest of the Chanca ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Chan Chan
usedStrategy cutting off Chimú access to water sources ⓘ
relocation of Chimú elites and artisans ⓘ
siege of Chan Chan ⓘ

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Chan Chan → abandonedAfter → Inca conquest of the Chimú ⓘ