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Conflict Americas

Chimú–Inca War

1462 CE – 1470 CE · 8 years

The Inca conquered the Chimú Empire, the second-largest state in pre-Columbian South America, by diverting their water supply — a brilliant feat of military engineering.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Inca Empire (Tupac Inca Yupanqui)
  • Chimú Empire (Minchançaman)

Key moments

Defining events in the Chimú–Inca War.

  1. 1470 Siege and water diversion of Chan Chan
  2. Capture of Minchançaman

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1462 CE and 1470 CE.

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And in the rest of the world

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

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