Chimú Kingdom

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The Chimú Kingdom was a powerful pre-Columbian civilization on Peru’s northern coast, renowned for its sophisticated irrigation systems, metalwork, and monumental adobe architecture.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Chimú Kingdom canonical 2
Chimú 1
Chimú Empire 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ
pre-Columbian civilization ⓘ
agriculturalProducts beans ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
maize ⓘ
peanuts ⓘ
squash ⓘ
alternateName Chimor ⓘ
Chimú culture ⓘ
linked to: Chimu culture
artForm ceramics ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
capital Chan Chan ⓘ
coastType arid coastal desert ⓘ
conqueredBy Inca Empire ⓘ
Topa Inca Yupanqui ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
dissolved after conquest by the Inca Empire ⓘ
endTime 1470s CE ⓘ
followedBy Inca Empire ⓘ
hasSite Chan Chan archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Chan Chan
influenced Inca metalworking ⓘ
later Andean coastal cultures ⓘ
influencedBy Moche culture ⓘ
knownFor advanced metalworking ⓘ
extensive road and canal networks ⓘ
gold and silver craftsmanship ⓘ
large urban planning ⓘ
monumental adobe architecture ⓘ
sophisticated irrigation systems ⓘ
language Mochica language ⓘ
locatedIn northern coast of Peru ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
majorDeity Moon deity ⓘ
Sea deity ⓘ
partOf Andean civilizations ⓘ
linked to: Andean civilization
politicalStructure centralized monarchy ⓘ
predecessor Moche culture ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
rulerTitle ciquic ⓘ
socialStructure highly stratified society ⓘ
startTime c. 900 CE ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Chan Chan Archaeological Zone ⓘ
linked to: Chan Chan
usedIrrigation canals ⓘ
reservoirs ⓘ
wells ⓘ
usedMaterial adobe ⓘ
copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
spondylus shell ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chan Chan → capitalOf → Chimú Kingdom ⓘ
Chan Chan → capitalOf → Chimú civilization ⓘ
linked to: Chimú Kingdom
Yunga → associatedWith → Chimú Empire ⓘ
linked to: Chimú Kingdom
Andean archaeology → studiesCulture → Chimú ⓘ
linked to: Chimú Kingdom
Chimor → alsoKnownAs → Chimú state ⓘ
subject linked to: Chimor (Chimú state)
linked to: Chimú Kingdom
Chimor → alsoKnownAs → Chimú kingdom ⓘ
subject linked to: Chimor (Chimú state)
linked to: Chimú Kingdom
Chimor → rulingDynasty → Chimú dynasty ⓘ
subject linked to: Chimor (Chimú state)
linked to: Chimú Kingdom