Chimús
The Chimús, also spelled Chimú or Chimu, were a pre-Columbian civilization that occupied the northern coast of present-day Peru from about 900 to 1470 CE. Their core region extended along the arid coastal valleys from the Lambayeque to the La Libertad regions, where they built a centralized state and complex urban centers.
The capital and ceremonial heart of the Chimús was Chan Chan, an expansive adobe city near modern
Economy and technology were driven by a combination of irrigation-driven agriculture, fishing, salt production, and long-distance
Society was organized under a centralized authority, with elites governing labor tribute and resource distribution. Art
The Chimús eventually fell to the Inca Empire in the 1470s, after which their political institutions were