The Chan Chan ruins in Trujillo, Peru are worth a visit. They’re quite extensive and they highlight a little-known culture in Pre-Colombian America: the Chimu people of Northern Peru. To see the ruins, you’ll need to take a bus to the city of Trujillo (an eight hour ride from Lima). When you get there, you’ll find a host of tour companies. You won’t be able to miss the touts. From there, it’s another hour to the ruins.
I visited Chan Chan about five years ago. It was very interesting, and I liked it as much as Machu Picchu. The ruins are well preserved and the grounds are nicely maintained. The area gets less traffic than Cuzco, which gives it a laid-back feel. It’s highly recommended.
Historical Overview: A Lesson in Pre-Colombian Warfare
The Chan Chan rose to power because of their agricultural skills; they built extensive irrigation canals. Then, like all the advanced tribes of Pre-Colombian America, they subjugated the neighboring peoples:
“…their successful military campaigns and policy of extracting tribute ensured that they became the dominant regional power.”
The Chimu party eventually came to an end. They were conquered by the Inca, who subjugated them in turn (around 1470 AD).
“…the Incas who, led by Tupac Yupanqui, captured the 11th known Chimú ruler Minchançaman in c. 1470 CE. Thereafter, the Chimú became a vassal state in the Inca Empire, and their king was kept permanent prisoner at Cuzco to ensure compliance to the new order.”
A review of Pre-Colombian America is revealing:
- Many of the tribes were skilled in agriculture and architecture
- The tribes were violent, waging warfare against one another; they often resorted to slavery, kidnapping and torture.
Memo to the left-wing thinkers: the “Indians” were not a unified group, holding hands in a peaceful brotherhood. They were just like the colonizing Europeans you despise – civilizations that were capable of good and evil. So your liberal fantasy about the Pre-Colombian Americas is laughable at best. If you have intellectual integrity, you’ll be honest with the facts. You’ll stop lying about the past.
History does not lie; unfortunately, liberal history teachers do.
Conclusion
Peru has so many ruins; you can spend months trying to see them all. If you’re heading to Peru, I recommend that you add another week to your trip and head north. You’ll find ruins that are intriguing and worth a visit.
For more on Chan Chan, visit the following link: Chan Chan Ruins of Peru
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Sorry for late response Ron, I had to read this several times to fully understand. We have the same in the UK with the virtue signallers constantly trying to rewrite history and apologise for everything. They forget the genocide of the Romans, the suppression of the Saxons by the French, the slavery of white men by the Arabs, the Holocaust, the suppression of women in Asia and the Middle East, the persecution of Christians too. But we don’t and we won’t forget them either!
Dr. B…agreed! Thankfully, the internet is allowing us to reopen the history books. A false reality has been created for us the last 50 years.