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Kingdom of Chimor
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At its peak around 1400 C.E., the kingdom of Chimor (pronounced chee-MOR) had a larger empire than any of the other Andean civilizations that preceded the Incas (pronounced ING-kuhs); its capital city, Chan Chan, was the largest pre-Inca city. (An empire is a vast, complex political unit extending across political boundaries and dominated by one central power.) Chimor had a...
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