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Great civilizations of Meso America - Coggle Diagram
Great civilizations of Meso America
Olmecs
First civilization
First Mesoamerican Pyramid Monumental head carved in stone
Calendar (365 days, 18 months of 20 days
The first ball game called break bones
Zapotecs (South of Oaxaca)
Monte Alban main center
Buildings: Stadiums for ball games
Mayas (600 B.C)
South and southeast of Mexico
Expanded to Peten (Guatemala and Belize)
Highest pyramid in America
Around 300 A.C: Maya city states expanded to El Salvador: new cities were created: Quirigua, Palenque, Copan, etc
Invented the zero and writing with logograms
Other Mayan cities emerged, such has Chichen Itza
Mayas colapse: The cities were abandoned due to a prolonged drought of corn cultivation
Aztecs
Located at the current Mexico city
Different civilizations: Tehotihuacan (300 B.- 950 A.C)
The Aztec expansion started in 1427 with the triple alliance
The capital had arround 250.000 inhabitants
Ended with the arrival of the spanish
