Empire that built Machu Picchu Crossword Clue

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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

EMPIRE (noun)
1. a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
2. the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
BUILT (adjective)
1. (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness

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