FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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controlled all of present-day Mexico.
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extended from central Mexico to Guatemala.
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controlled only the Valley of Mexico.
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had a population of one million
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Detailed explanation-1: -By 1519, the Aztec cycle of conquest and exploitation was at its peak. More and more conquered peoples provided tribute, the basis of the Aztecs’ immense wealth.
Detailed explanation-2: -As well, the Aztec Empire had spread far from the Valley of Mexico during this time and, at its height, the empire consisted of land across most of central Mexico including the coastlines in both the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Aztec empire, which at its height comprised roughly five to six million people spread over some 80, 000 sq mi (200, 000 sq km), was made possible by their successful agricultural methods, including intensive cultivation, irrigation, and reclamation of wetlands.
Detailed explanation-4: -THE RISE OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE The multi-ethnic, multi-lingual realm stretched for more than 80, 000 square miles through many parts of what is now central and southern Mexico. This enormous empire reached from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf coast and from central Mexico to the present-day Republic of Guatemala.