Chan Chan, capital of Chimor
The largest adobe city in the Americas
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Around 850, construction began on Chan Chan, capital of the Chimú kingdom, on Peru's arid coast. The mud-brick city spread over about 20 km² and was made up of vast walled palace compounds decorated with reliefs of fish and birds. Around 1470 the Inca conquered Chimor and carried its craftsmen off to Cusco.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 843 Treaty of Verdun — 7 years earlier
Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 862 Calling of the Varangians — 12 years later
Africa
- 859 Fatima al-Fihri founds al-Qarawiyyin — 9 years later
Asia
- 868 The Diamond Sutra is printed — 18 years later
Alive at the time
- Al-Khwarizmi (aged 70)
- Charles the Bald (aged 27)
- Rurik (aged 20)
- Oleg the Wise (aged 5)
- Alfred the Great (aged 1)