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Tahuantinsuyu
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Quechua:
“Realm of the Four Parts”
Also spelled:
Tawantinsuyu
Related Places:
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Ecuador
Peru
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Tahuantinsuyu

ancient region, South America
Also known as: Tawantinsuyu
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History

Tahuantinsuyu, territories spread over parts of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina that, by the 1500s, were all part of a single Inca state. See also pre-Columbian Meso-American religions.

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