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Southeastern corner of the Zocalo in Mexico City

Southeastern corner of the Zocalo in Mexico City. Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Mexico City. Olmecs ( "rubber people" in Nahuatl) 750 BC - 250 BC Calendar Ball courts Pyramids Long distance trade. Teotihuacan ( “ Place of the Gods ” in Nahuatl): 100 BC - 750 AD ~8 square miles

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Southeastern corner of the Zocalo in Mexico City

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  1. Southeastern corner of the Zocalo in Mexico City

  2. Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Mexico City

  3. Olmecs ("rubber people" inNahuatl) 750 BC - 250 BC Calendar Ball courts Pyramids Long distance trade

  4. Teotihuacan (“Place of the Gods” in Nahuatl): 100 BC - 750 AD ~8 square miles Multi-ethnic population of ~100,000-200,000 Influences extended to Maya of Yucatan ~75m high Pyramid of the Sun

  5. Great Pyramid at Cholula is the largest in the world. ~66m high 450m X 450 m at its base The Pyramid of the Sun is the second largest pyramid in Americas. Third largest in the world. 225m X 225m at its base

  6. Pyramid of the Moon ~45m high

  7. Doing business on the “Avenue of the Dead”.

  8. More business

  9. And, more business

  10. And….

  11. Pyramid of the Sun from Pyramid of the Moon

  12. Avenue of the Dead

  13. Temple of the Feathered Serpent, “Quetzalcoatl”.

  14. Pyramid of the Moon

  15. Statue in Ixtlan, Oaxaca that commemrates Zapotec warriors who resisted Mexica forces in the first decade of the 1500s.

  16. Another map of Valley of Mexico. You read about chinampas in the article by West. Some chinampas still exist. However, one aspect of the growth of Mexico City was the draining of the lakes and chinampas.

  17. ~1300 A.D. to 1519 A.D. Remains of Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

  18. Dedicated simultaneously to two gods,Huitzilopochtli, god of war and Tlaloc, god of rain and agriculture.

  19. Sacred Precinct of Tenochtitlan. ~ 200m X 200m

  20. Different stages of temple Earlier Later

  21. Serpents are a common feature of Mesoamerican archeological sites.

  22. Black = urban area Dotted = lake area The Gran Canal is critical for draining sewage and storm water out of the valley.

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