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His name, Pachacuti, is often translated as “he who remakes the earth.” When he became ruler, the Inca held a small area around Cusco. In his lifetime and with his sons’ help, it grew into a huge empire along the Andes.

He rebuilt Cusco as a grand capital, and many historians think Machu Picchu was built as a royal estate for him around 1450. The Inca had no writing, so much of what we know about him comes from stories written down by the Spanish.