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Polity Americas

Chimú

850 CE – 1492 CE · 642 years

Political grouping of the Chimú culture in early Peru

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Chimú's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. The atlas itself draws the world at one moment in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1492 CE to 1492 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1492 CE

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Machu Picchu

1450 CE – still standing

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Attested 600 CE – 1200 CE

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700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Tongan Maritime Power and Rivalries

1200 CE – 1600 CE

Landmark · Americas

Tak’alik Ab’aj

800 BCE – 900 CE

Polity · Americas

Huari Empire

600 CE – 1200 CE

Trade route · Americas

Voyage to Hawai'i

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Maya City-State Wars

400 BCE – 900 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 850 CE and 1492 CE.

850 CE Chan Chan 850 CE Quilmes Ruins 850 CE Chaco Canyon 850 CE Ciudadela of Chan Chan 900 CE Toltec Wars 950 CE Tongan Empire Expansion

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Landmark · Europe 350 BCE – 1404 CE Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Silk Road Trade route · East Asia 200 BCE – 1450 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Al-Khwarizmi Figure · Baghdad 780 CE – 850 CE Lighthouse of Alexandria Landmark · Middle East 280 BCE – 1323 CE
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