Ancient Peruvian Crossword Clue

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Ancient Peruvian Crossword Answer

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INCAN

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(noun)
1. the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
2. a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PERUVIAN (noun)
1. a native or inhabitant of Peru
ANCIENT (noun)
1. a very old person
2. a person who lived in ancient times
ANCIENT (adjective)
1. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
2. very old

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INCAN
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