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Oaxaca: Encyclopedia II - Oaxaca Oaxaca - History

There have been Zapotec and Mixtec settlements in the general area of the modern city of Oaxaca for thousands of years, in connection with the important ancient centres of Monte Albán and Mitla. The colonial city, however, dates from 1532, when Spanish settlers who had followed Hernán Cortés' conquistadores successfully petitioned the Queen of Spain for a grant of land. They had already founded a city in the neighbourhood, under the name of Antequera, on the basis of a charter from King Carlos V of Spain, but Cortés had successfully soug ...

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Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Árbol del Tule

The Árbol del Tule (The Tule Tree), is the tree with the largest diameter of any tree in the world. It is a Montezuma Cypress (Ahuehuete in the Nahuatl language) and has a diameter of 11.42 m (circumference 35.87 m), and a height of 43 meters. It is located in the church grounds in the town center of Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico, approximately 13 km from the city of Oaxaca, on the road to Mitla. Its age is unknown, with estimates ranging between 1200-3000 years. Local Zapotec legend holds that it ...

Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - 250

250 - Events. Diophantus writes Arithmetica the first systematic treatise on algebra. A group of Franks penetrate as far as Tarragona in Spain (approximate date). Goths invade Moesia. The Alamanni drive the Romans from the modern area of Donau-Ries. Decius begins a period of persecution of the Christians in the Roman Empire. Teotihuacán is rebuilt as a four-quartered cosmogram by Zapotec architects brought from Monte Albán in Oaxaca. < ...

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Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Codex Zouche-Nuttall

The Codex Zouche-Nuttall is an accordion-folded pre-Columbian piece of Mixtec writing, now in the British Museum (Add.Mss. 39671). It is one of three codices that record the genealogies, alliances and conquests of several 11th and 12th-century rulers of a small Mixtec city-state in highland Oaxaca, the Tilantongo kingdom, espercially under the leadership of the warrior Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (died early twelfth century at age fifty-two). The Codex Zouche-Nuttall was made in the 14th century. The codex probably reached Spai ...

Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Chihuahua Pine

The Chihuahua Pine (Pinus leiophylla) is a tree with a range primarily in Mexico with a small extension into the United States in southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico. The Mexican range extends along the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre del Sur from Chihuahua to Oaxaca between 1600 and 3000 meters altitude. This member of family Pinaceae grows to the height of 20-30m with a trunk diameter of 35-80cm. The needles are in bundles of three to five, 5-10cm (rarely to 15cm) long, and are a bright glossy green to ...

Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Zapotec

Zapotec refers to a native people of Mexico, their language family consisting of more than 15 languages, and their historic culture and traditions. Today, most of the Zapotec languages are endangered. Zapotec - Location. The Zapotec people are centered in Oaxaca, to the south of central Mexico. In Pre-Columbian times they were one of the major Mesoamerican civilizations. Archeological evidence shows their culture goes back some 2500 years. They left archaelogical evidence at the earlier and impressiv ...

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Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Veracruz

The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that compose Mexico (does not include the Mexican Federal District). It is located in the east central part of the country, between 17°10' and 22°38' North and between 93°55' and 98°38' West. It has a mainland area of 72,815 km² and includes several islands in the Gulf of Mexico totalling another 58 km². Veracruz borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north, Oaxaca and Chiapas to the south, Tabasco to the southeast, Puebla, Hidalgo, and San Luis Potosi t ...

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Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Benito Juárez

Benito Pablo Juárez García (March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Amerindian who served two terms (1861-1863 and 1867-1872) as President of Mexico. Juárez is often regarded as Mexico's greatest and most beloved leader. He was the only Native American to serve as President of Mexico. Benito Juárez - Early Life. Benito Juárez was born in the village of San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca. His parents were peasants who died before his fourth birthday. He worked in the corn fields and as a shepherd until ...

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Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Baird's Tapir

Baird’s Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) is one of the three species of tapir found in Latin America. Baird's Tapir - Various names. It is named for the American naturalist W. M. Baird who traveled to Mexico in 1843 and observed the animals. However, the species was first documented by another American naturalist, W. T. White. Like the other Latin American tapirs, Baird’s Tapir is commonly called danta by people in all areas. In the regions around Oaxaca and Veracruz, it is referred to as the an ...

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Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Black Mexican

The term Black Mexican is how Americans refer to Mexican citizens who are of African descent. Better known as Afro-Mexicans. Afro Mexicans have historically been majorities in certain communities in Mexico. Although now largely assimilated in the population, they are concentrated on coastal states such as Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Veracruz. These groups were referred to as Lobos during the Spanish colony. Black Mexican - History. When the Spanish first arrived in Mesoamerica, they brought slaves with the ...

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Black Mexican - Bibliography

Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Chiapas

Chiapas is a state in the southeast of Mexico. Chiapas is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the north, Veracruz to the northwest, and Oaxaca to the west. To the east Chiapas borders Guatemala, and to the south the Pacific Ocean. Chiapas has an area of 73,887 km² (28,528 square miles). The 2003 population estimate was 4,224,800 people. The state capital city is Tuxtla Gutiérrez; other cities and towns in Chiapas include San Cristóbal de las Casas, Comitán, and Tapachula. Chiapas is also home to the ancient Maya ruins of Palenque ...

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Chiapas - External links on Muslim conversions

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Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Acanthocereus

Acanthocereus baxaniensis (Cuba) Acanthocereus colombianus (Colombia) Acanthocereus horridus (southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador) Acanthocereus occidentalis (southern Sonora to Guerrero, Mexico) Acanthocereus subinermis (Oaxaca, Mexico) Acanthocereus tetragonus - Barbed-wire Cactus (Florida, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, northern South America) Acanthocereus (published in 1909) is a genus of cacti. Its species take the form of shrubs with archi ...

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Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a Mexican-American actor, painter, and writer. He is best known for his performances in the popular Hollywood movies Zorba the Greek and Viva Zapata. Anthony Quinn - Early life. He was born Antonio Rudolfo Oaxaca Quinn in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico to an Irish father and a Mexican mother, a combination that would later allow him to play many different ethnicities. He grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Quinn left ...

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Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Maya civilization

Archaeological evidence shows the Maya had started to build ceremonial architecture by approximately 1000 BCE. There is some disagreement about the boundaries which differentiate the physical and cultural extent of the early Maya and their neighboring Pre-Classic Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Olmec culture of the Tabasco lowlands and the Mixe-Zoque– and Zapotec–speaking peoples of Chiapas and southern Oaxaca. Many of the earliest significant inscriptions and buildings appeared in thi ...

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Maya civilization - Writing and literacy

Maya civilization - Reference

Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - 1824 Constitution of Mexico

The 1824 Constitution was the first full constitution adopted by the Mexican Republic. Enacted on 4 October 1824, following the overthrow of the short-lived Mexican Empire of Iturbide, the constitution stated that the new republic was to be styled the "United Mexican States" and was to be a representative federal republic of the people, with Roman Catholicism as the state religion. Congress was bicameral, with a Chamber of Deputies (one deputy per 80,000 inhabitants) and a Senate (two senators per state). A president and ...

Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Líneas Aéreas Azteca

Líneas Aéreas Azteca, S.A. de C.V. (also known as Azteca Airlines) is a privately held, Mexico-based airline formed in 2000, serving primarily Mexican and U.S.-Mexican border destinations. The airline is a member, under the name Azteca Airlines, of the Airlines Reporting Corporation. Líneas Aéreas Azteca has actively sought to expand international routes into the United States, and it is a Continental Airlines partner airline. In 2003, Azteca contributed a small amount to traffic through Ontario International Airport, constituti ...

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Oaxaca: Encyclopedia - Burrito

A burrito is a Mexican dish. The name "burrito" comes from the Spanish diminutive of burro. Burrito - Ingredients. A burrito typically consists of already cooked beans or meat, usually with other ingredients such as rice. The ingredients are then wrapped in a flour tortilla that has been lightly grilled (or sometimes steamed) to soften the tortilla and make it more pliable. Popular fillings include: Meat Carne asada (grilled steak strips) Carne Molida ...