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
cultural region
historical region
borders Aridoamerica
Isthmo-Colombian Area
culturalTrait 260-day ritual calendar
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
Spanish conquest of the Maya regions
extendsAcross Belize
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
hasConcept Mesoamerican cultural area
Mesoamerica self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mesoamerican linguistic area
hasKeyDeity Huitzilopochtli
Itzamna
Kʼawiil
Quetzalcoatl
Tlaloc
influenced Mesoamerican diaspora cultures
influencedBy Olmec civilization
knownFor Aztec Empire
surface form: Aztec civilization

Maya civilization
Mixtec civilization
Olmec civilization
Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization
Teotihuacan civilization
Toltec civilization
Zapotec civilization
pre-Columbian civilizations
languageFamily Mayan languages
Mixe–Zoque languages
Nahuan languages
Oto-Manguean languages
Totonic languages
Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
locatedIn Central America
North America
majorCrop beans
cacao
chili peppers
cotton
maize
squash
majorDomesticate dog
turkey
majorSite Chichén Itzá
Copán
La Venta
Monte Albán
Palenque
Tenochtitlan
Teotihuacan civilization
surface form: Teotihuacan

Tikal
partOf Americas
recognizedBy anthropologists
archaeologists
historians
timePeriod Classic period
Formative period
Postclassic period
pre-Columbian era

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Luis Cortés regionOfActivity Mesoamerica
Ngäbe culturalRegion Mesoamerica
Castilla nativeTo Mesoamerica
subject surface form: Castilla elastica
San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán partOf Mesoamerica
El Tajín region Mesoamerica
Kaminaljuyú archaeological site locatedIn Mesoamerica
subject surface form: Kaminaljuyú
Mexica culturalArea Mesoamerica
Mexican Penutian languages region Mesoamerica
Malinalli regionActive Mesoamerica
Indigenous peoples of the Southwest influencedBy Mesoamerica
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican cultures
Mexican people historicalOrigin Mesoamerica
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican civilizations
Lozanella nativeTo Mesoamerica
Tlapalizquixochtzin realm Mesoamerica
The Sad Night region Mesoamerica
Grijalva River locatedIn Mesoamerica
Poqomam Maya ethnicGroupOf Mesoamerica
Poqomam Maya historicallyLocatedIn Mesoamerica
Poqomam Maya cultureArea Mesoamerica
Morelos region partOf Mesoamerica
Itza Maya cultureArea Mesoamerica
Matlatzinca culture partOf Mesoamerica
Acolhua cultureArea Mesoamerica
Coco River region Mesoamerica
Tula region Mesoamerica
Maya script geographicRegion Mesoamerica
Maya codices region Mesoamerica
Maya numerals regionOfOrigin Mesoamerica
Maya numerals culturalContext Mesoamerica
this entity surface form: Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Calendar Round usedInRegion Mesoamerica
Lounsbury correlation region Mesoamerica
Tzeltalan branch locatedIn Mesoamerica
Jakaltek belongsToMacroArea Mesoamerica
Tojolabal belongsToMacroArea Mesoamerica
Mexicanero culturalRegion Mesoamerica
Lacandon belongsToMacroArea Mesoamerica
Lambityeco region Mesoamerica
Aztec pictographic writing usedIn Mesoamerica