Late Middle Ages · South America · War
1471
Incas Conquer Chimu Kingdom
1471
Tupac Inca Yupanqui cut the desert water canals that fed the Chimu capital Chan Chan on the Peruvian coast, forcing its surrender without a major battle. The Chimu king was taken to Cuzco with his goldsmiths, whose work would later stun Pizarro. The Inca absorbed their rival's engineers and metalworking secrets.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.