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CHUCUITO & CHIMU

REGIONAL STATES GAVE RISE TO THE INCA EMPIRE

CHUCUITO

A STATE LOCATED IN THE HIGHLANDS AROUND LAKE TITICACA

CHUCUITO

  • Cultivated potatoes
  • Herded llamas and alpacas
  • Had elaborate terraced fields
  • Traded for maize and coca leaves from valleys
  • Made wool textiles

CHIMU

A STATE IN THE LOWLANDS OF THE PERUVIAN COAST

CHIMU

  • Used irrigation from rivers and streams from the Andes
  • Grew maize and sweet potatoes
  • Wealthy state
  • Clear distinctions between social classes
  • Capital at Chanchan