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