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Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz
Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Interestingly, the original meaning of this name is not known, though it is known it is from the The first major civilization in Mexico is thought to be the Olmecs beginning around 1400 BC to around 300 BC. However, mistakenly applied the name "Olmec" to the rediscovered ruins and artifacts in the heartland decades before it was understood that these were not created by people the Aztecs knew as the "Olmec," but rather a culture that was 2000 years older. 4 days ago - Mexico An introduction to the regions ancient civilizations. This companion volume to the author's book "The Maya" has been completely revised and expanded. Jun 5, 2013 - Wednesday, 5 June 2013 at 10:28. Jun 3, 2013 - The Olmecs, which means “people of rubber” in Nahuatl (the language of the Aztecs) began their civilization in southeastern Mexico between 1600 B.C. Aug 29, 2011 - They then decided to name the country after the capital city, Mexico City, which was originally founded in 1524 at the same location as the Aztec capital, Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Oct 19, 2011 - An introduction to Mexico's ancient civilizations. The Olmec heartland is an area on the south coast of the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain of southern Veracruz and Tabasco, is thus called because of the concentration of a large number of Olmec monuments as well as the greatest Olmec sites. Following the Olmecs' Following the fall of the Mayan civilization, the Toltec and Aztecs took over what was Mayan. Sep 23, 2010 - Five hundred years before Rome was founded, the Olmec were building great cities with pyramids and ball courts. Jun 2, 2009 - The Olmec were an ancient Pre-Colombian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, roughly in what are the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The area is about 125 miles long and 50 Ancient Mesoamericans, spanning from ancient Olmecs to Aztecs, extracted latex from Castilla elastica, a type of rubber tree in the area. OLMEC, MAYA, AZTEC, MAROON AFRICAN HERITAGE TOUR OF MEXICO WITH RUNOKO RASHIDI JULY 17 -- 23, 2014 $2045.00 PER PERSON IN TWIN ROOM FROM NEW YORK $2395. Feb 22, 2007 - The Olmecs, for those unfamiliar with Precolumbian Mexico except through watching episodes of "The Simpsons", lived mostly in the present day Mexican state of Tobasco, which is on the Gulf of Mexico in the south. Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Sixth Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places) book download. May 3, 2014 - After the Olmec civilization declined, the Mayans settled in what is now southern Mexico.