NAY LAMP a legendary warrior arrived to SAN JOSE's beaches IN LAMBAYEQUE, PERU. He was a part of a great fleets of rafts bringing with them a great number of warriors from distant lands. They were able to subordinate THE MOCHICA NATION that was in decadence of whom they adopted their customs. This culture was contemporary to the INKA culture, and they reached as territorial domain the WHOLE NORTH COAST, from TUMBES to the FORTRESS of PARAMONGA in LIMA.
They rejected the INKA domain permanently, with bloody battles, and they were conquered partially.
The great CHIMU NATION had for characteristics an autocrat organization. They were builders of big cities; their biggest CULTURAL CENTER was CHAN CHAN's CITADEL. They also had constructions of high development on the VALLEYS OF LAMBAYEQUE.
CHAN CHAN ( Mochica's voice "Jang Jang" : "SUN SUN")
The CHIMU KINGDOM, of which CHAN CHAN (SUN SUN) was the capital, reached its peak long before falling under the INKAS.
The planning of this huge city, THE BIGGEST IN ANCIENT AMERICA, reflects a strict political and social strategy, marked by its divisions into NINE "CITADELS" OR "PALACES" forming independent units.
CHAN CHAN, city made of mud, considered as the biggest in America is also ONE OF THE BIGGEST OF THE WORLD. Its importance is only comparable to the old cities of Egypt, Mesopo-
tamia, India, China, or Teotihuacan in Mexico.
It occupies an area of 15 square kilometers where exist PALACES, TEMPLES, SQUARE PONDS,
GARDENS, AQUEDUCTS, and LABYRINTHS. Its walls are ornamented with beautiful and stylized carved drawings of fish, pelicans, rhombuses, foxes, etc.
In the time of its maximum splendor it is calculated that its population was above 100,000 inhabitants, with all the services and excellent urban line.
The city is subdivided in rectangular sectors from 200 to 400 meters length, with walls of trapezoidal
shape that reach up to 12 meters height and with roads among the walls. The central part, called GREAT CHIMU PALACE is the more advisable place to start your visit, as well as the HUACA
"EL DRAGON."
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