Greater Mexico City

site is located in a small mountainous area increasing higher the field in the central section of the Vale of Oaxaca where the end northern Ella, eastern Tlacolula, and southern Zimatlán & Ocotlán parts meet. The currently-day state capital Oaxaca City has located roughly 6 miles east of Monte Albán. Beyond being one of the newest towns of Mesoamerica, Monte Albán's interest also stems from its function as the pre-eminent Zapotec socio-political and marked economic ring for near to a…

period include the Shyris and Caras who made up the Kingdom of Quito, now the present-day capital of Ecuador. These peoples were militarily weak, and were eventually conquered by the Incas. However, there legacy still continues through the capital city of Ecuador. The next major time period was the Spanish Conquest. The Spaniards found Ecuador in 1531 during the heat of the Inca Civil War. Although the Spaniards were heavily outnumbered, they managed to capture the emperor of the Inca…

Long ago there was a Mesoamerican civilization called the Aztecs. The tribe was small when it was starting out. They were nomads traveling from place to place to find resources. The Aztecs usually wandered near Northwestern Mexico until a miracle happened in 1116 C.E. Huitzilopochtli, the god of the sun and war, spoke to them and stated that he would help them find a permanent home so they could settle. The catch was they had to find a sign. What is the sign you might ask? Well it was to find an…

roads, weaving, and owning lots of land. They were very advanced for their time era. The Mayan were very successful in trading and artistry, also they had very high population. The Mayan population was through the roof in the year AD 200, “ 40 cities each with a population of 5000 to 50,000 people.” as stated in “Mayan Civilization” by Suzanne Hopkins. Mayan…

Almost every part of the Aztec culture was the most advanced in that time compared to the other European tribes. The civilization contained about 14 million people that lived in towns and cities across what we know today as Mexico. Tenochtitlan was the main capital city constructed in the Valley of Mexico on islands in Lake Texcoco. The Aztecs had advanced weapons, armour, and great strategies that they used many of the flower wars. Aztec warriors were taught from the moment they were born in…

Frida Kahlo, born July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico, defines herself as a woman and an artist by pursuing her passions and making her career a priority in a time when women were supposed to be submissive to men and focus solely on pleasing their husbands. Though Frida loved her husband Diego Rivera very much, she had the courage to branch out from what was considered normal at the time, and focus on herself and what she wanted out of her short life. She quickly rose to fame with her paintings…

Corrine Andersen. The author argued for a more powerful meaning behind Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits, claiming that Kahlo’s works of art were not desperate, attention seeking pieces, but rather, a view of cultural and political strains of present-day Mexico. Andersen wrote this article for the critics who overlooked Frida Kahlo’s activism and public involvement. Andersen was successful in proving Frida Kahlo’s self portraits had a more powerful message. Throughout the essay, the author, used…

The exact date is not certain, but it is said that maize in its oldest form is at least 60,000 years old. Archeological findings of fossil pollen grain were a start to finding the origin of maize. Fossil grains were found significantly beneath Mexico City. All findings and data gathered about the maize and its ancestry seems to come from the Americas. Maize is undoubtedly an American plant if you look at its history of findings and its center of origin. (Mangelsdorf). The maize’s ancestor…

that I read led me to believe that Moctezuma was very excited to meet Cortes. Document B stated that Moctezuma welcomed Cortes to Mexico by saying that his throne was kept for him and that he has been worried about Cortes for a long time. He also said that he was looking toward the unknown place from which he had come, Moctezuma believed that he would return to his city and sit upon this throne due to what he was told by their ancestors. Cortes was told to enjoy his palace and rest his body.…

cattle rancher from the interior, secured a large political following when he challenged the levy of taxes and duties on agricultural products exported through the port of Buenos Aires. The monies collected from interior products only benefited the city of Buenos Aires and not the nation. In 1835 Juan Manuel de Rosas became the leader of Argentina and he imposed a national unity, a federalist system with Buenos Aires as the figurative center while in reality the power was in the rural lands of…