Old Peru native Crossword Clue

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Old Peru native Crossword Answer

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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

NATIVE (adjective)
1. characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
2. as found in nature in the elemental form
NATIVE (noun)
1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
2. a person born in a particular place or country
PERU (noun)
1. a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries

Hint 3: Anagram

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CAIN

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