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Before the Spanish and Portuguese
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Before the Spanish and Portuguese "discovered" the New World, there were many groups of people already living in South and Central America. Two of these groups were the Incas and the Aztecs. The Incas lived mainly in Peru, and the Aztecs lived mainly in what is today Mexico City. Although these two groups probably never came on contact with one another, they had many similar traits. This is probably partly because of the influences on them by traveling tribes. It is more likely that the similarities of the tribes are based on the similar conditions they lived with and the problems they faced. However, they are also very different. This is obvious because they were two separate tribes, and if they were too similar then one couldn't distinguish them from each other. The Inca Empire was centered on Machu Pichu in Peru. The Inca were skilled in engineering and in craft...
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