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1 day ago · The written history of Mexico spans more than three millennia. First populated more than 13,000 years ago, central and southern Mexico (termed Mesoamerica) saw the rise and fall of complex indigenous civilizations. Mexico later developed into a unique multicultural society.
1 day ago · Mexico, country of southern North America and the third largest country in Latin America. It is one of the chief economic and political forces in Latin America, with a dynamic industrial base, vast mineral resources, a wide-ranging service sector, and the world’s largest population of Spanish speakers.
Mar 4, 2024 · Maya, the Mesoamerican Indians occupying a nearly continuous territory in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and northern Belize. Before the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Central America, the Maya possessed one of the greatest civilizations of the Western Hemisphere. Learn more about the Maya here.
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Mar 3, 2024 · The origin of the Aztec people is uncertain, but elements of their own tradition suggest that they were a tribe of hunters and gatherers on the northern Mexican plateau before their appearance in Mesoamerica in perhaps the 12th century ce; Aztlán, however, may be legendary.
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Mar 14, 2024 · The Chichimeca peoples represented the majority population in northern Mexico in the 16th century until a war with Spanish colonizers fractured the group into a diaspora of enslaved laborers. Image by Martin Lemus, iStock. March 14, 2024. By: Erika Johnson - erjohnson@ucsd.edu. Topics: Department of History. National Endowment for the Humanities.
5 days ago · It’s a vague term that tends to cover all the peoples who began migrating from the mythical Aztlan to the Basin of Mexico in the 12th century, including the Mexica who later founded Tenochtitlan.
Mar 13, 2024 · Mexico. North America. Page last updated: March 13, 2024. Photos of Mexico. view 17 photos. Introduction. Background. The site of several advanced Amerindian civilizations - including the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Maya, and Aztec - Mexico was conquered and colonized by Spain in the early 16th century.