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ID: 8698270
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698270

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chimu Empire (former nation/state/empire)  Chimu Empire (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 08 06 03 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -8.1012  decimal degrees
Long: 079 04 40 W  degrees minutes   Long: -79.0781  decimal degrees

Note: Pre-Columbian state covering the Moche Valley and the areas around Huarmey to the south and Lambayeque to the north. Capital was at Chan Chan. Fell to the Incas in the 15th century.

Names:
Chimu Empire (preferred,C,V)
Chimú (C,V)
Chimu Kingdom (C,V)
Chimor Kingdom (C,V)
Chimú polity (C,V)
Chimu (C,U,English-P)
צ'ימו (C,U,Hebrew )

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Perú (nation)  ........  Perú (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Chimu Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ............  Chimu Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)  ............  900-1460
state (H)
Pre-Columbian (C)
empire (C)  ............  10th-15th centuries

Related geographic places:
capital is ....  Chan Chan .......... (deserted settlement)
..................  (World, South America, Perú, La Libertad) [1099735]

Sources and Contributors:
צ'ימו..........  [IMJ]
..............  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Chimor Kingdom..........  [VP]
.............................  Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino (2019-) accessed 9 July 2019
Chimú..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Middleton, World Monarchies and Dynasties (2005) 176
Chimu..........  [IMJ Preferred]
..............  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Chimu Empire..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopedia of Empire, Wiley Online (2016-) accessed 9 July 2019
Chimu Kingdom..........  [VP]
..........................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 9 July 2019
Chimú polity..........  [VP]
.......................  Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino (2019-) accessed 9 July 2019
Subject: .....  [IMJ, VP]
..................  Encyclopedia of Empire, Wiley Online (2016-) accessed 9 July 2019
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  Middleton, World Monarchies and Dynasties (2005) 176
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server, map links (2008-) accessed 04 November 2016
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia of Empire, Wiley Online (2016-) accessed 9 July 2019
..........  Middleton, World Monarchies and Dynasties (2005) 176-177

 

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