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What was the relationship between the olmec and the Maya in central America?
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When did the Olmec culture in Central America thrive?
Between 1500 BCE to 400 BCE
Where were the Olmec and Chavin located?
Central America.
What was the mother culture of the peoples of Central America?
Olmec
What is the oldest civilization of Central America?
Chichen Itza
Who were the people were located in central Mexico and were at the height of the civilization during the Spanish conquest?
One of the first people to ever live in Central America are the Olmec. The Olmec are sometimes called the mother culture of Central America, for the next civilizations to prosper after the decline of the Olmec were influenced by the Olmec religious techniques and other things. After the Olmec came the Maya civilization and then the Aztec civilization.
What ancient indigenous people live in central America?
The first ancient indigenous people who lived in Central America were the Olmec's. The Mayans were also native to Central America.
Which native american group was the first to build cities in the new world?
The Olmecs of Central America
Who produced the first chocolate in America?
Native Americans, probably the Olmec people (South Central Mexico).
Did the Olmec live in Latin America?
Yes. Along the shores of the Mexican Gulf Coast and on central and southern Mexico.
Where did the olmec arise?
The Olmec people first become known to us as a pre-Columbian civilization in the tropical lowlands of what is now south-central Mexico from as early as 1500 BC. The cultures from which the Olmec derived flourished in the area as early as about 2500 BC, but the first clearly Olmec center appears within the city of San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán around 1400 BC. The Olmec cannot be said to have "first settled" anywhere, because they developed from communities already in place in the region.
Where were the Olmec located?
The Olmecs were an ancient Mesoamerican (meaning Middle America) civilization that lived between 1400 BCE to 400 BCE. They lived in south-central in Mexico, what is now roughly the states of Veracruz and Tabasco. A picture of the "Olmec Heartland" is shown here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Olmec_Heartland_Overview_4.svg.
Which of the following describes the relationship between the Olmec and Aztec civilizations?
The Olmec civilization created a culture that greatly influenced the Aztecs.
