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| | Ecuador - PRE-HISPANIC ERA |
 | | Largely in private hands previously, land became, in theory at least, the property of the Inca emperor. |
 | | The Sierra was populated by elements, from north to south, of the Pasto, the Cara, the Panzaleo, the Puruhá, the Cañari, and the Palta cultures. |
 | | Before the Inca conquest of the area that comprises modern-day Ecuador, the region was populated by a number of distinct tribes that spoke mutually unintelligible languages and were often at war with one another. |
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