Chimu culture

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The Chimu culture was a powerful pre-Columbian civilization on Peru’s northern coast, renowned for its adobe city of Chan Chan and sophisticated irrigation, metallurgy, and textile production before its conquest by the Inca.

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Generate an image of the Chimu culture (The Chimu culture was a powerful pre-Columbian civilization on Peru’s northern coast, renowned for its adobe city of Chan Chan and sophisticated irrigation, metallurgy, and textile production before its conquest by the Inca.)

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Label Occurrences
Chimú culture 24
Chimú civilization 5
Chimu culture canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Andean culture
archaeological culture
archaeological site
pre-Columbian city
pre-Columbian civilization
builtBy Chimu culture
capital Chan Chan
conqueredBy Inca Empire
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui
Topa Inca Yupanqui
country Peru
Peru
economyBasedOn agriculture
craft production
fishing
long-distance trade
ended late 15th century CE
flourished c. 1000 CE
c. 900 CE
followed Moche culture
followedBy Inca Empire
hadPoliticalStructure centralized kingdom
hadRulerTitle ciquic
hasMajorSite Chan Chan
heritageSite Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
influenced Inca administrative practices
influencedBy Moche culture
knownFor adobe architecture
blackware ceramics
city of Chan Chan
linked to: Chan Chan

gold and silver work
irrigation systems
large-scale irrigation canals
marine iconography
metallurgy
textile production
language Chimú language
linked to: Mochica language
languageFamily Chimuan languages
locatedIn La Libertad Region
northern coast of Peru
majorDeity Moon deity
Sea deity
material adobe
partOf Andean civilizations
linked to: Andean civilization
precededBy Moche culture
region North Coast of Peru
linked to: northern Peru
religion Andean religion
timePeriod Late Intermediate Period
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1986
usedMaterial adobe
camelid wool
copper
cotton
gold
silver
usedWritingSystem quipu (possibly)

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Trujillo associatedPreColumbianCulture Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Andean civilization hasPart Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Moche culture influenced Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Chan Chan builtBy Chimu culture
subject linked to: Chimu culture
Topa Inca Yupanqui expandedInto Chimú territory
linked to: Chimu culture
Topa Inca Yupanqui conquered Chimú Empire
linked to: Chimu culture
Chinchaysuyu integratedPeoples Chimú
linked to: Chimu culture
Andes cultural area includesCulture Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Chan Chan builtBy Chimú civilization
linked to: Chimu culture
Chan Chan culture Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Chan Chan foundedBy Chimú civilization
linked to: Chimu culture
Chan Chan culture Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
El Brujo culture Chimu culture
Lambayeque culture precedes Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Lambayeque culture influenced Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Moche Valley laterDominatedBy Chimu civilization
linked to: Chimu culture
San José de Moro associatedCulture Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Late Intermediate Period majorCulture Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Chimuan languages associatedWith Chimú civilization
linked to: Chimu culture
Chimuan languages historicalPeople Chimú people
linked to: Chimu culture
Chimuan languages culturalContext Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Indigenous peoples of the Andes historicalCivilization Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Chimú archaeological sites culture Chimú civilization
linked to: Chimu culture
History of Peru includesTopic Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Inca conquest of the Chimú conflictBetween Chimú civilization
linked to: Chimu culture
Inca conquest of the Chimú integratedPopulation Chimú people
linked to: Chimu culture
Chimú Kingdom alternateName Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Kingdom of Chimor culture Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Kingdom of Chimor dominantEthnicGroup Chimú people
linked to: Chimu culture
Chicama Valley hasArchaeologicalCulture Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Pacific coast of Peru wasInhabitedBy Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Sicán culture followedBy Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Túcume culture Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Jequetepeque Valley wasCulturalCenterOf Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Yunga spokenBy Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Huanchaco associatedWithCulture Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Trujillo Province hasArchaeologicalCulture Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture
Yunga languages ethnicity Chimú people
linked to: Chimu culture
Yunga languages associatedCulture Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture