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Q: What great civilization was in Central America before the Europeans came?
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Who built cities in Mexico and Central America?

You mean before contact with Europeans? That would be the Mayan civilization.


What were major cities temples or places in Mexico central America and south America?

Before contact with Europeans? Those would include:Tenochtitlan - capital of the Aztec empire on central MexicoCuzco - capital of the incan Empire in PeruCoba - one of the most important city-states in the Mayan civilization, found in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico


That the Caribbean civilization beagn with the coming of the Europeans?

Civilization in the Caribbean did not begin with the Europeans. Indigenous people lived in the Caribbean long before the arrival of the Europeans. If anything, the Europeans are responsible for the diversity of races in the Caribbean.


Name three civillizations that flourished in spanish America before the fifteenth century?

central america, south america, and the caribbean


What Indian civilization disappeared before the Europeans arrived?

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The Incas discovered rubber?

no tylor stephenson did Rubber was in use in Central America before Europeans went there. I don't know if it was the Incas who first used it.


Is Aztec an indo European language?

No, Aztec was a civiliazion in Central America and is it is a language it has no relation to this family because this would have formed before contact with the Europeans.


What pre Colombian civilization first settled in Mexico?

That would be the Olmec, the Teotihuacan and the Maya, who settled in central and southern Mexico 4000 years before first contact with Europeans. They even pre-date the rise of the Aztec civilization (1325 AD).


Did the Incas discovered rubber?

No, the Incas did not discover rubber. Rubber was actually used by indigenous cultures in Mesoamerica, like the Aztecs and Mayans, long before the Inca civilization. The Inca Empire was located in the Andes region of South America and did not have access to rubber trees.


What was like in America before the europeans arrived?

Life in America before Europeans arrived was described as pretty primitive. These natives relied only on nature and how they could use it.


Before the coming of Europeans civilizations in Central and South America had developed all what cultural achievements?

organized religion a written language an accurate calendar advanced agriculture


What do they call Mexico and Central America?

Southern Mexico and northern Central America are known as Mesoamerica, the region where several civilizations such as the Olmec, Aztec and Maya rose before contact with Europeans was made in the 16th century.Also, both Mexico and Central America belong to the North American subcontinent (using the 7-continent model) or to a cultural region known as Latin America, which also spans the Caribbean and South America.