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Were the Zapotec's Spanish

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

No, the Zapotecs were a native Mexican people similar to the Aztecs. They lived in mid-southern Mexico long before the Spanish arrived, and had a history, language, and culture completely distinct from the Spanish.

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