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Classic Maya culture developed in three regions in Mesoamerica.By far the most important and most complete urban developments occured in the lowlands in the Central region of southern Guatemala.
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The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert of Peru.They have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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The center of the Aztec civilization was the Valley of Mexico, a huge, oval basin about 7,500 feet above sea level.
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The Incas ruled a land that was a little bigger than Peru, most of which wa made up of two parallel mountain ranges with high plateaus.Most of the land is 3,000 meters above sea level.
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Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 (8,00) meters above sea level.
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Montezuma 2 was an Aztec ruler, leader of the Aztec Triple Alliance from c. 1502-1520. He is famous for being the ruler of the Aztec Empire at the start of the Spanish Conquest in Mexico.
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Francisco Pizarro was a Conquistador who seized the Inca empire for Spain.
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Atahualpa, the last Incan ruler, favorite son of Huayna Capac.At his fathers death he received the kingdom of Quito while his half- brother, the legitimate heir Huascar, inherited the rest of the Incan empire.
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Hernando De Soto served under the Spanish adventurer, Francisco Pizarro for 13 years.Young and ambitous, he made his mark as a slave trader and made a fortune in Nicaragua and Panama through partnerships with Hernan Ponce de Leon and Francisco Companon.
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Since Spain was far from the country, the spanish king ruled the Islands through the viceroy of Mexico, which was then another Spanish colony.
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In 1811, independence movements brokr out in El Salvador in reactions to the events in the Peninsular War and again in 1814 after the restoration of Ferdinand VII.
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In 1823, the nation of Central America was formed. It was intended to be a federal republic modeled after the United States of America.
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General Francisco Morazan was a general and politition who ruled several Central American States at different times during the turbulent period from 1827 to 1842.
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The Mexican- American War was an armed conflict between the U.S. and Mexico between 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas which Mexico considered part of it's territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution.
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Edison Arantes do Nascimento, best known by his nickname Pele is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded among soccer experts as one of the greatest soccer players of all time.
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Diego Maradona is a former Argentine soccer player. He is said to be one of the greatest soccer professionals of his time. He now coaches the Argentine national soccer team where Lionel Messi plays.
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Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team as a forward or winger. He is considered one of the best soccer players in the world of his generation.
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He is a Mexican politician who served as the president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006.
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Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa is the current president of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006 and was elected for a singl six year term through 2012.
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The Dresden Codex is the pre-columbian Maya Book of the eleventh or twelfth century of the Yucatecan Maya in Chichen Itza.
