FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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They originally migrated from Western Europe and settled the region before other societies.
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They developed the region’s first written language and numbering system.
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They were the first to develop a medical tradition.
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They were the first hunters and gaherers of the region.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Olmec society is regarded as the first major Mesoamerican civilization due to their development of the first known writing and numerical systems in the region. Circa 1, 200 B.C.E. Olmec groups of villages formed into a more unified society around the Gulf of Mexico. The Olmec people thrived until about 400 B.C.E.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Olmecs were the first complex civilization in Mesoamerica. They built the first ceremonial centers, developed a distinct culture, and traded with other peoples. They had classes of commoners, priests, and nobles. They constructed great heads from basalt and traded with jade and obsidian.
Detailed explanation-3: -They may have been the originators of the Mesoamerican ball game, a ceremonial team sport played throughout the region for centuries. They also built earthen mounds and pyramids, and ceramics of several types that became common throughout a broad region influenced by the Olmec civilization.
Detailed explanation-4: -Several clues have long suggested that the Olmec civilization, which flourished from 1200 B.C. to 400 B.C., was the first to develop cultural traditions, including writing, later adopted by the Maya, who reigned from about A.D. 300 to 900.
Detailed explanation-5: -Appearing around 1600 BCE, the Olmec were among the first Mesoamerican complex societies, and their culture influenced many later civilizations, like the Maya. The Olmec are known for the immense stone heads they carved from a volcanic rock called basalt.