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Conflict Americas

Mapuche–Inca War

1460 CE – 1490 CE · 30 years

The Mapuche successfully resisted Inca expansion at the Battle of the Maule, establishing the southern frontier of the Inca Empire — a feat they would repeat against the Spanish.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Mapuche warriors
  • Inca Empire

Key moments

Defining events in the Mapuche–Inca War.

  1. c. 1485 Battle of the Maule

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Landmark · Americas

Grand Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Chimú Empire

850 CE – 1470 CE

Trade route · Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Conflict · Americas

Chimú–Inca War

1462 CE – 1470 CE

Landmark · Americas

Mammoth Cave

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Maya chiefdoms and states

2000 BCE – 1521 CE

Trade route · Americas

Qhapaq Ñan (Inca Royal Road)

1400 CE – 1572 CE

Conflict · Americas

Tongan Maritime Power and Rivalries

1200 CE – 1600 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1460 CE and 1490 CE.

1462 CE Chimú–Inca War 1464 CE Wars of the Songhai Empire 1467 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) 1467 CE Ōnin War 1468 CE Crimean Khanate Slave Raids

And in the rest of the world

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

Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif Landmark · South Asia 1481 CE – still standing Khanate of Sibir Polity 1490 CE – 1598 CE Mediterranean Southern Route Trade route · Middle East 331 BCE – 1500 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Pachacuti Figure · Cusco, Tawantinsuyu (Inca Empire) 1418 CE – 1471 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
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