Complex sentence: Peoples affected by this policy were also known by the Incas and during colonial times as "mitmakuna" or "mitmaqkuna" and was used over a long period of time in all border regions of the empire.
Split into simpler sentences: Peoples affected by this policy were also known by the Incas and during colonial times as "mitmakuna" or "mitmaqkuna". This policy was used over a long period of time in all border regions of the empire.