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DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini via Getty Images. A country rich in history, tradition and culture, Mexico is made up of 31 states and one federal district. It is the third largest country in...
The history of Mexico spans more than three millennia, beginning with the early settlement over 13,000 years ago. Central and southern Mexico, known as Mesoamerica, saw the rise of complex civilizations that developed glyphic writing systems, recording political histories and conquests.
Mexico is a 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.
This detailed timeline of Mexican history explores such themes as the early civilizations that left their mark on the region’s landscape and society, the 300-year period of colonial rule, the...
Mexico - Pre-Columbian, Conquest, Revolution: It is assumed that the first inhabitants of Middle America were early American Indians, of Asian derivation, who migrated into the area at some time during the final stage of the Pleistocene Epoch.
In history of Latin America: Mexico and Central America. The independence of Mexico, like that of Peru, the other major central area of Spain’s American empire, came late. As was the case in Lima, Mexican cities had a powerful segment of Creoles and peninsular Spaniards whom the old imperial system…. Read More.
Articles and information about Mexican history, famous battles, constitutions, treaties & documents. The Roots of the City History of the central region of the Mexican high plateau, the site of Mexico City.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mexican History and Culture is a thematic print reference collection that brings fresh interpretations to standard political and economic analyses and provides new insights through cultural approaches to Mexico’s history.
Introduction. Background. Mexico was the site of several advanced Amerindian civilizations -- including the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Maya, and Aztec -- until Spain conquered and colonized the area in the early 16th century.
The earliest complex civilization in Mexico was the Olmec culture, which flourished on the Gulf Coast from around 1500 BC. Olmec cultural traits diffused through Mexico into other formative-era cultures in Chiapas, Oaxaca, and the Valley of Mexico.