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Chan Chan
Chan Chan was the capital of the Chimú kingdom on the north coast of Peru, near modern Trujillo, and the largest adobe city of the pre-Columbian Americas. It contained some ten walled royal compounds with courts, storerooms and burial platforms decorated with relief friezes. The Incas conquered it around 1470, and it is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Chan Chan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chan-chan
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