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1. In 1911, an American explorer, Hiram Bingham **discovered** the lost city of Machu Picchu in Peru with the help of local farmers. 2. The city **dated back** to 1450. 3. The emperor **ruled** the Inca Empire with his army. 4. The Incas **lived** in stone houses. 5. They **worked** as farmers and craftsmen. They grew corn, potatoes, tomatoes, beans and peppers. 6. They **were** also great engineers and architects. 7. They **had** beautiful temples. 8. The Incas **had** food with the use of animals. 9. Only boys from the upper classes **attended** school. 10. The Incas **invented** many wind instruments, like the panpipe flute. 11. They **were** an Andean population of around 12,000,000 people within a period of 100 years. 12. In 1572 the Incan Empire **ended** after the Spanish killed the last Incan ruler, Túpac Amaru.