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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Proto-Nahuan spokenIn Mesoamerica
Haabʼ usedIn Mesoamerica
Oasisamerica borderedBy Mesoamerica
Oasisamerica relatedConcept Mesoamerica
Tula de Allende partOf Mesoamerica
Buglé culturalRegion Mesoamerica
Ihuatzio belongsToCulturalArea Mesoamerica
Basin of Pátzcuaro partOf Mesoamerica
yácata pyramids subregion Mesoamerica
subject surface form: Yácata pyramids
cazonci region Mesoamerica
Temple of the Sun region Mesoamerica
subject surface form: Temple of the Sun (Palenque)
Group of the Cross region Mesoamerica
House of Pakal dynasty region Mesoamerica
western Maya lowlands locatedIn Mesoamerica
Zapotec people nativeTo Mesoamerica
Kukulkan worshipedIn Mesoamerica
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I region Mesoamerica
Eastern Nahuatl languageOf Mesoamerica
Ñuu Savi civilization partOf Mesoamerica
Mixtec languages hasRegion Mesoamerica
Yucuñudahui region Mesoamerica
Maya developedInRegion Mesoamerica
subject surface form: Maya civilization
Maya Biosphere Reserve partOf Mesoamerica
Tepehua people culturalRegion Mesoamerica
Akatek belongsToMacroArea Mesoamerica
Dainzú region Mesoamerica
Classic Veracruz culture locatedIn Mesoamerica
Aztec Warrior culturallyLocatedIn Mesoamerica
Temple IV region Mesoamerica
Main Plaza locatedIn Mesoamerica
Zapotec script usedInRegion Mesoamerica
Mixteca Baja partOf Mesoamerica
Tilantongo regionType Mesoamerica
Tilantongo belongsTo Mesoamerica
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican cultural area
Tilantongo civilization Mesoamerica
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican civilizations
Hieroglyphic Stairway locatedIn Mesoamerica
Acropolis locatedIn Mesoamerica
subject surface form: Acropolis of Copán
18-Rabbit region Mesoamerica
Temple of the Warriors region Mesoamerica
Group of a Thousand Columns region Mesoamerica
Maya architecture region Mesoamerica
Chaac worshippedIn Mesoamerica
Mixe–Zoquean languages region Mesoamerica
El Caracol region Mesoamerica