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Chimor and Inca Empire
They coexisted for 42 years, 1438 – 1479.
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| Chimor | Inca Empire | |
|---|---|---|
| Dates | 850s – 1470s CE | 1438 – 1572 |
| Duration | 630 years | 135 years |
| Kind | Polity | Polity |
| Region | South America | South America |
| Culture spheres | Andean | Andean |
| Linked events | 4 | 87 |
| Most common event | Collapse | Battle |
| Borders recorded | 911 – 1481 CE | 1440 – 1571 |
| Preceded by | — | Chimor |
| Succeeded by | Inca Empire | — |
About Chimor
Chimor (also Kingdom of Chimor or Chimú Empire) was the political grouping of the Chimú culture (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃiˈmu]). The culture arose about 900 CE, succeeding the Moche culture, and was later conquered by the Inca emperor Topa Inca Yupanqui around 1470, fifty years before the arrival of the Spanish in the region. Chimor was the largest kingdom in the Late Intermediate Period, encompassing 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) of modern-day Peruvian coastline.
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The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu pronounced [taˈwantiŋ ˈsuju], lit. 'land of four parts'), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The Inca civilisation rose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the early 13th century. The Portuguese explorer Aleixo Garcia was the first European to reach the Inca Empire in 1524. Later, in 1532, the Spanish began the conquest of the Inca Empire, and by 1572 the last Inca state was fully conquered.
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