Geopolitics of Mexico

Why 82% of Mexico is Empty

Why Mexico City's Geography SUCKS

<p>The written history of Mexico spans more than three millennia. First populated more than 13,000 years ago, central and southern Mexico (termed Mesoamerica) saw the rise and fall of complex indigenous civilizations. Mexico would later develop into a unique multicultural society. Mesoamerican civilizations developed glyphic writing systems, recording the political history of conquests and rulers. Mesoamerican history prior to European arrival is called the prehispanic era or the pre-Columbian era. Following Mexico's independence from <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Spain" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spain</a> in 1821, political turmoil wracked the nation. France, with the help of Mexican conservatives, seized control in the 1860s during the Second Mexican Empire, but was later defeated. Quiet prosperous growth was characteristic in the late 19th century but the Mexican Revolution in 1910 brought a bitter civil war. With calm restored in the 1920s, economic growth was steady while population growth was rapid.</p> 

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History of Mexico Timeline

History of Mexico Timeline

Pre-Columbian Period

Olmecs

Teotihuacan

Classical Maya Civilization

Toltec

Spanish Conquest and Colonial Period

Spanish Conquest of Mexico

Silver Mining

Chichimeca War

Spanish Conquest of Yucatán

Manila galleon

Spanish Texas

Mexican War of Independence

War of Independence and Early Republic

Comanche–Mexico Wars

First Mexican Empire

First Mexican Republic

Age of Santa Anna

Texas Revolution

The Mexican-American War

Reform War

Second French intervention in Mexico

Battle of Puebla

Restored Republic

Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution

Porfiriato

Mexican Revolution

Post-Revolutionary Mexico and PRI Dominance

Obregón presidency

Calles presidency

Cristero War

Maximato

Cárdenas presidency

Mexican Miracle

Camacho presidency

Mexico during World War II

Bracero Program

Mexican Movement of 1968

1968 Summer Olympics

1985 Mexico City Earthquake

Gortari presidency

North American Free Trade Agreement

Zapatista Uprising

Zedillo presidency

Mexican Peso Crisis

Contemporary Mexico

Fox presidency

Calderón presidency

Mexican Drug War

Nieto presidency

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