Meso America Flashcards
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Meso-America
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Mesoamerica was a region and cultural area in the Americas, extending approximately from
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Glyph
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an ornamental carved groove or channel, as on a Greek frieze.
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Olmec
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a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico ( circa 1200–400 BC), who established what was probably the first Meso-American civilization.
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Aztec
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a member of the American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century.
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Hernan cortes
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Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (Spanish pronunciation
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Montezuma
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Montezuma was emperor of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest.
