FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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Inca
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Maya
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Aztec
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the first civilizations we know of in Mesoamerica was the Olmec people. They lived from about 1200-400 BCE.
Detailed explanation-2: -Olmec, the first elaborate pre-Columbian civilization of Mesoamerica (c. 1200–400 bce) and one that is thought to have set many of the fundamental patterns evinced by later American Indian cultures of Mexico and Central America, notably the Maya and the Aztec.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many different tribes and kingdoms lived throughout the region, including a few well-known major kingdoms. The most well-known kingdoms were the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec, with some lesser well-known civilizations of the Zapotec, Teotihuacan, Mixtec, and more.
Detailed explanation-4: -Early Maya, 1800 B.C. to A.D. 250 The earliest Maya settlements date to around 1800 B.C., or the beginning of what is called the Preclassic or Formative Period. The earliest Maya were agricultural, growing crops such as corn (maize), beans, squash and cassava (manioc).
Detailed explanation-5: -For thousands of years, this area was populated by groups such as the Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec peoples.