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Pre-Inca Andean kingdom landscape
Around the late thirteenth century, the Andes were in the Late Intermediate Period: the Chimú Kingdom controlled the northern coast of Peru with Chan…
Timeline
- c. 1275–1290Chan Chan · La Libertad RegionCentered on Chan Chan, the Chimú controlled the Moche Valley and the northern coastal irrigated agricultural zone, becoming one of the largest coastal Andean polities of the time through adobe-brick architecture, metalwork, and a tribute system.
- c. 1283–1300Lake Titicaca highlands · Puno RegionAymara kingdoms such as the Colla and Lupaca around Lake Titicaca sustained their power through terrace agriculture and llama herding, forming a political geography of highland-lowland coexistence with Chimú and later Inca forces from Cuzco.
Sources
- Chimú https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chimu
- The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume III: South America — Frank Salomon, Stuart B. Schwartz (1999)