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Great civilizations of Mesoamerica - Coggle Diagram
Great civilizations of Mesoamerica
THE ZAPOTECAS
This civilization was developed just around 800 B.C., in the south of Oaxaca and the
isthmus of Tehuantepec. Its main center was Monte Alban and reached its political,
military and technical peak between 350 and 700 A. C., when they filled with
buildings, stadiums for the ball game and impressive tombs.
GREAT CULTURES OF MESOAMERCA
There were important political organizations (empires) in two zones:
Mesoamerica, which is a region that stretches from central Mexico to Costa Rica,
and the Andean America. Some of these organizations were really impressive for
the quality of their architecture and art.
THE OLMECS, THE FIRST TO FORM STATES
It was the first culture to emerge on the coast of
Mexico, around 1200 BC and it would have to be the
longest lasting: one thousand years. In its main city
(today known as “La Venta”) the first Mesoamerican
pyramid was built, around 1000 BC
THE MAYAS
Their ancestors began around 600 B.C. in the south and
southeast of Mexico, and expanded in the Peten area,
currently Guatemala and Belize (200 B.C.), with cities such
as Nakbe, El Mirador ( that has the highest pyramid in
America), Cival, etc
. MEXICAS OR AZTECS :
Where today the city of Mexico is located, there were important pre-Columbian
cultures in the past. The Teotihuacan pyramids were located very close where the
current city of Mexico is placed. It was a product of a civilization that was developed
. MEXICAS OR AZTECS :
The Toltecs dominated the central valley from 950 to 1200; and its capital was Tula.
Then, a dynasty of Mexican rulers emerged who dominated the valley of Mexico
around 1210 and founded its capital, Tenochtitlan in the middle of the lagoon of
Mexico, around 1325. Through the Triple Alliance (between the city-states of
Texcoco, Tlacopan and Mexico-Tenochtitlan) towards 1427, the expansion of the
Aztec Empire began.