Mesoamerica - Wikipedia
Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area that begins in the southern part of North America and extends to the Pacific coast of Central America, thus comprising the lands of central and southern Mexico, all of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Mesoamerican civilization | History, Olmec, & Maya | Britannica
2024年10月24日 · Mesoamerican 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.
What is Mesoamerica? - ThoughtCo
2019年6月30日 · The term Mesoamerica is derived from the Greek and means "Middle America." It refers to a geographical and cultural area which extends from central Mexico down through Central America, including the territory which is now made up of the countries of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Mesoamerica - National Geographic Society
The historic region of Mesoamerica comprises the modern day countries of northern Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and central to southern Mexico. For thousands of years, this area was populated by groups such as the Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec peoples.
Geography of Mesoamerica - Wikipedia
Mesoamerica – meaning "middle of America" – is located in the mid-latitudes (between 10° and 22° N) of the Americas in the southern portion of North America, encompassing much of the isthmus that joins it with South America.
Pre-Columbian civilizations - Mesoamerica, Aztec, Maya | Britannica
2024年10月30日 · The term Mesoamerica denotes the part of Mexico and Central America that was civilized in pre-Spanish times. In many respects, the American Indians who inhabited Mesoamerica were the most advanced native peoples in the Western Hemisphere.
Mesoamérica: qué es y sus características - Enciclopedia …
Mesoamérica es una región histórica del continente americano que comprende la mayor parte de América Central (los actuales países de El Salvador, Guatemala, Belice y partes de Honduras, Nicaragua y Costa Rica) y el centro-sur de México.
Mesoamerican Civilizations - World History Encyclopedia
2021年1月22日 · Ancient 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.
Smarthistory – Mesoamerica, an introduction
Mesoamerica refers to the diverse civilizations that shared similar cultural characteristics in the geographic areas comprising the modern-day countries of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
Mesoamerica - WorldAtlas
2021年12月31日 · 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 the south. Thus, it includes several countries, a host of different ethnic groups, and variable geography.