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Bookmark or Share- READ: Mesoamerica (article) | Khan AcademyThe current shape of Mesoamerica (Middle America) began to emerge as Pangaea broke up, and North and South America separated, not to be rejoined again until about 3 million years ago. This reconnection happened as two tectonic plates moved against each other, causing volcanoes to erupt, which created islands.
- Mesoamerica - WikipediaMesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area that begins in the southern part of North America and extends to most of Central America, thus comprising the lands of central Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica.
- Mesoamerican Civilizations - World History EncyclopediaAncient Mesoamerica (modern-day Mexico and Central America) witnessed an extraordinary flourishing of cultures from the beginnings of the Olmec civilization around 1200 BCE, through the Maya civilization and on to the catastrophic fall of the Aztec civilization in the 16th century CE.
- Mesoamerican civilization | History, Olmec, & Maya | BritannicaMesoamerican civilization, the complex of indigenous cultures that developed in parts of Mexico and Central America prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th century.
- Mesoamerica - WorldAtlasMesoamerica. The term “Mesoamerica” is a Greek derivation that literally means “Middle America.”. The term was first used by a German-Mexican archaeologist named Paul Kirchoff, who coined it in 1943. It refers to a region in the middle of the two Americas, which stretches from south-central Mexico in the north to northern Costa Rica in ...
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