Editing History of the Americas (section)

====Mesoamerica====
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===== Olmec =====
The [[Olmecs|Olmec]] civilization emerged around 1200 BCE in Mesoamerica and ended around 400 BCE. Olmec art and concepts influenced surrounding cultures after their downfall. This civilization was thought to be the first in America to develop a writing system. After the Olmecs abandoned their cities for unknown reasons, the Maya, Zapotec and Teotihuacan arose.

===== Purepecha =====
The [[Purépecha|Purepecha]] civilization emerged around 1000 CE in Mesoamerica. They flourished from 1100 CE to 1530 CE. They continue to live on in the state of [[Michoacán]]. Fierce warriors, they were never conquered and in their glory years, successfully sealed off huge areas from Aztec domination.

===== Maya =====
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[[Maya civilization|Maya]] history spans 3,000 years. The [[Classic Maya collapse|Classic Maya]] may have collapsed due to changing climate in the end of the 10th century.

===== Toltec =====
The [[Toltec]] were a nomadic people, dating from the 10th–12th century, whose language was also spoken by the Aztecs.

===== Teotihuacan =====
[[Teotihuacan]] (4th century BCE – 7/8th century CE) was both a city, and an empire of the same name, which, at its zenith between 150 and the 5th century, covered most of Mesoamerica.

===== Aztec =====
The [[Aztecs|Aztec]] having started to build their empire around 14th century found their civilization abruptly ended by the Spanish conquistadors. They lived in Mesoamerica, and surrounding lands. Their capital city Tenochtitlan was one of the largest cities of all time.