Chimú (English spelling)

Japanese: Chimú(英語表記)Chimu
Chimú (English spelling)

...Chan Chan, a culture centered on the city of Trujillo on the northern coast of Peru. Just before it was conquered by the Inca Empire (1400s), it controlled about 1,200 km of coastal land from Tumbes in the north to the current Lima area in the south, and had several regional political centers in the Lambayeque and Pacasmayo valleys, forming the vast Chimú Kingdom, which also included the culture-different Chancay in the south. There are a few legends about the founding of the kingdom, such as the legend that the people who founded it came from the south on balsa rafts, but almost nothing is known about it, and it has not been archaeologically proven. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Chimú" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ペルー北部海岸の都市トルヒーヨの近郊にあるチャンチャンChan Chanを中心とする文化。インカ帝国に征服される(1400年代)直前には北はトゥンベスから,南は現在のリマの付近まで,約1200kmにおよぶ海岸地帯を支配し,ランバイェケ谷,パカスマヨ谷などに複数の地方政治センターをもち,南は文化の違うチャンカイをも含む広大な版図をもつチムーChimú王国を形成していたといわれる。その成立に関しては,王国を築いた人々が南からバルサ筏でやってきたという伝説などがわずかに伝えられるが,ほとんど何もわかっていないし,考古学的にも証明されてはいない。…

※「Chimú」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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