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Machu Picchu
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Machu Picchu
By Sharon Fabian 		  
1     When the first explorers from Europe came to America, they found forests and plains. They also found something that they didn't expect. They found big cities!
 
2     One of these big cities was Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu was an Inca city in Peru. It was not found by the first explorers from Europe, however.
 
3     It was built by the Inca leader, Pachakuteq. In the 1400s, he conquered the lands around the mountain called Machu Picchu. Then he built his city on the side of the mountain. The city is called Machu Picchu, too.
 
4     The city was built right into the mountainside. It had a main part where most of the buildings were. Around that it had fields.
 
5     The fields are unusual. They are on a steep mountainside, but the fields are flat. The Incas terraced the mountainside. They built their fields like big stair steps going up the side of the mountain. Stone walls separate the fields.

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