FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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the “cloud people”
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the “terrace farmers”
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the “river people”
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Zapotecs are the indigenous people of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. They call themselves “Be’ena’ Za”’, meaning the Cloud People.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Zapotecs call themselves Ben ‘Zaa, which means “The People".
Detailed explanation-3: -The Zapotecs developed a calendar and a logosyllabic system of writing that used a separate glyph to represent each of the syllables of the language. This writing system is thought to be one of the first writing systems of Mesoamerica and a predecessor of those developed by the Maya, Mixtec and Aztec civilizations.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Zapotecs, known as the ‘Cloud People’, dwelt in the southern highlands of central Mesoamerica, specifically, in the Valley of Oaxaca, which they inhabited from the late Preclassic period to the end of the Classic period (500 BCE-900 CE).
Detailed explanation-5: -Zapotec, Middle American Indian population living in eastern and southern Oaxaca in southern Mexico.