Mesoamerica
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Mesoamerica is a historical and cultural region in the Americas known for its advanced pre-Columbian civilizations, such as the Maya and Aztec, and their shared traditions, languages, and innovations.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological region
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cultural region → historical region → |
| borders |
Aridoamerica
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Isthmo-Colombian Area → |
| culturalTrait |
260-day ritual calendar
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365-day solar calendar → Long Count calendar → ballcourts → chinampa agriculture → city-states → codices → codified law and tribute records → complex calendrical systems → featherwork → hieroglyphic writing systems → human sacrifice → intensive agriculture → jade use → maize-based agriculture → market economies → monumental architecture → obsidian use → polychrome ceramics → polytheistic religions → pyramids → raised-field agriculture → ritual ballgame → stepped pyramids → stucco reliefs → terraced farming → tribute systems → urbanism → |
| endedWith |
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
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Spanish conquest of the Maya regions → |
| extendsAcross |
Belize
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El Salvador → Guatemala → Honduras → Mexico → Nicaragua → |
| hasConcept |
Mesoamerican cultural area
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Mesoamerican linguistic area → |
| hasKeyDeity |
Huitzilopochtli
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Itzamna → Kʼawiil → Quetzalcoatl → Tlaloc → |
| influenced |
Mesoamerican diaspora cultures
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| influencedBy |
Olmec civilization
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| knownFor |
Aztec civilization
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Maya civilization → Mixtec civilization → Olmec civilization → Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization → Teotihuacan civilization → Toltec civilization → Zapotec civilization → pre-Columbian civilizations → |
| languageFamily |
Mayan languages
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Mixe–Zoque languages → Nahuan languages → Oto-Manguean languages → Totonic languages → Uto-Aztecan languages → |
| locatedIn |
Central America
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North America → |
| majorCrop |
beans
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cacao → chili peppers → cotton → maize → squash → |
| majorDomesticate |
dog
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turkey → |
| majorSite |
Chichén Itzá
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Copán → La Venta → Monte Albán → Palenque → Tenochtitlan → Teotihuacan → Tikal → |
| partOf |
Americas
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| recognizedBy |
anthropologists
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archaeologists → historians → |
| timePeriod |
Classic period
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Formative period → Postclassic period → pre-Columbian era → |