Encyclopedia - Kabah: Encyclopedia - Kabah
The name Kabah can refer to: A Maya civilization city in Yucatán, Mexico; see: Kabah, Yucatán A Mexican pop music group; see: Kabah (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1824 Constitution Of Mexico: 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mani: Encyclopedia - Mani
Mani may refer to: Mani Peninsula in Greece Maní, Yucatán, a small city in Yucatán, Mexico Mani, Evros, a town in the northeastern pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl: Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl ("feathered snake", in Nahuatl: Ketsalkoatl, in Spanish: Quetzalcóatl) is the Nahuatl name for the Feathered-Serpent deity ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mu Lost Continent: Encyclopedia - Mu Lost Continent
Mu is the name of a Lost Land, or hypothetical vanished continent, located in the Pacific Ocean but now, like Atlantis and Lemuria, belie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1531: Encyclopedia - 1531
1531 - Events. January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zür...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesoamerica: Encyclopedia - Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica is the region extending from central Mexico south to the northwestern border of Costa Rica that gave rise to a group of strat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1528: Encyclopedia - 1528
1528 - Events. June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. Pol is decisively defeated. November 6 - Spani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1441: Encyclopedia - 1441
1441 - Events. June 24 - Eton College founded. Ouagadougou becomes the capital of the Mossi Empire. Two Ethiopians attend an ecclesias...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1527: Encyclopedia - 1527
1527 - Events. January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat River in Zürich by the Zürich ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Conquest Of Yucatán: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Conquest Of Yucatán - Early Contact Between The Spanish And The Maya Of Yucatán
The first Spanish arrived in Yucatán by accident in 1511 when a small boat with a dozen men was blown there by a severe storm. They were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Conquest Of Yucatán: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Conquest Of Yucatán - Early Contact Between The Spanish And The Maya Of Yucatán
The first Spanish arrived in Yucatán by accident in 1511 when a small boat with a dozen men was blown there by a severe storm. They were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conquistador: Encyclopedia Ii - Conquistador - History
Conquistador - New World. The first Spanish conquest in the Americas was the island of Hispaniola (presently shared by Haiti and the Do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Conquest Of Yucatán: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Conquest Of Yucatán - The Peten Itza
The Itza Maya of the Peten region should be mentioned; while that area is now part of Guatemala, in colonial times it was part of the lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Campeche: Encyclopedia Ii - Campeche - Municipalities
Campeche is subdivied into 11 municipalities (municipios). See municipalities of Campeche. ... See also:Campeche, Campech...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Central America: Encyclopedia Ii - Central America - Geography
Central America thus has an area of about 540,000 km² (208,500 mi²), and a width between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea rangin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Central Standard Time Zone: Encyclopedia Ii - Central Standard Time Zone - Broadcasting Concerns
Due to the structure of broadcasting networks in the United States (mostly television but to a lesser extent radio), programming is aired...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1998 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Encyclopedia Ii - 1998 Atlantic Hurricane Season - Storms
1998 Atlantic hurricane season - Tropical Storm Alex. Tropical Storm Alex was first identified as a tropical depression on July 27, whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chichen Itza: Encyclopedia Ii - Chichen Itza - The Site
"Chichen" contains many fine stone buildings in various states of preservation; the buildings were formerly used as temples, palaces, sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1901: Encyclopedia Ii - 1901 - Events
1901 - January-March. January 1 - World celebrates what is regarded as the start of the new century. (Zero-ists' argument that new cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season - Storms
2005 Atlantic hurricane season - Tropical Storm Arlene. Early in the season, a low-pressure area formed and persisted north of Honduras...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonio López De Santa Anna: Encyclopedia Ii - Antonio López De Santa Anna - Later Years
After some time in exile in the United States, and after meeting with US president Andrew Jackson in 1837, he was allowed to return to Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hernán Cortés: Encyclopedia Ii - Hernán Cortés - Beginning His Campaign
In 1519, Cortés fled Cuba (some say in the middle of the night) with 11 ships, 500 men, and 15 horses. They stopped briefly in the Yucat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mu Lost Continent: Encyclopedia Ii - Mu Lost Continent - Le Plongeon And Churchward
The idea of Mu first appeared in the works of the antiquarian Augustus Le Plongeon (1825–1908), a 19th century traveler and writer who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The World: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The World - Hunter-gatherers
The earliest available evidence places the origin of modern Homo sapiens in Africa about 200,000 years ago during the Palaeolithic period...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hurricane Mitch: Encyclopedia Ii - Hurricane Mitch - Storm History
Hurricane Mitch began life as an African tropical wave that entered the Atlantic on October 10. After moving across the Atlantic and into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hammock: Encyclopedia Ii - Hammock - Ships
Hammocks have also traditionally been used by sailors on sailing ships; since a hammock moves in concert with the motion of the vessel, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flag Of Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Flag Of Mexico - History
Before the adoption of the first national flag, various flags used during the War of Independence from Spain had a great influence on the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannibalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannibalism - Cannibalism Among Humans
It is generally accepted that accusations of cannibalism have historically been much more common than the act itself. Queen Isabella of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg - Dispatched To Quebec
A year previously he had come to the attention of the Canadian Abbé, Léon Gingras, whom he had met (and apparently impressed) in Rome. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographics Of Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographics Of Mexico - Ethnic Groups
Demographics of Mexico - Mestizos. The largest ethnic group is the mestizos, constituting approximately 60% of Mexico's population. Mes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chicxulub Crater: Encyclopedia Ii - Chicxulub Crater - Discovery
In early 1990, Alan R. Hildebrand, a graduate student at the University of Arizona, visited a small mountain village named Beloc in Haiti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cacao: Encyclopedia Ii - Cacao - Cultivation
Cacao is planted on over 70000 square kilometres worldwide with 40% of production coming from Côte d'Ivoire. Ghana and Indonesia each pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Mexico - History
Main article: History of Mexico Mexico - Pre-Hispanic Times. Hunter-Gatherer peoples are thought to have discovered and inhabited Mexic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas: Encyclopedia Ii - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas - Early History
See also: Archeology of the Americas, Models of migration to the New World Indigenous peoples of the Americas - The Bering Strait Land B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl: Encyclopedia Ii - Quetzalcoatl - The Cult
The worship of Quetzalcoatl sometimes included animal sacrifices, and in other traditions Quetzalcoatl was said to oppose human sacrifice...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lycanthropy: Encyclopedia Ii - Lycanthropy - Spiritual And Supernatural Implications Of Lycanthropy
Lycanthropy is often confused with transmigration; but the essential feature of the were-animal is that it is the alternative form or the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg - Death, Assessment Of Accomplishments
He died at Nice at the beginning of 1874, at the age of 59. His linguistic and archaeological fieldwork, as well as his diligent collecti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conquistador: Encyclopedia Ii - Conquistador - References In Media
Conquistador were a featured unique unit for the Spanish civilization in the expansion to the computer game Age of Empires II; featured a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannibalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannibalism - Cannibal Themes In Myth, Religion Or Arts
On a primitive level, ritually eating part of the slaughtered enemy is a way of assuming the life-spirit of the departed. In a funeral ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas: Encyclopedia Ii - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas - Cultural Aspects
Though cultural features including language, garb, and customs vary enormously from one tribe to another; there are certain elements whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg - Death Assessment Of Accomplishments
He died at Nice at the beginning of 1874, at the age of 59. His linguistic and archaeological fieldwork, as well as his diligent collecti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flag Of Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Flag Of Mexico - Design And Symbolism
The official design of the Mexican flag can be found in Article 3 of the Law on the National Arms, Flag, and Anthem, which was passed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flag Of Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Flag Of Mexico - Flag Protocol
When the Mexican flag is paraded in front of a crowd, those in military uniform must present a salute according to their regulations. Civ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas: Encyclopedia Ii - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas - Statistics On Indigenous Populations
The following table gives the percentage of the population of each country that is comprised by indigenous peoples, and of people with pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg - Travels And Expeditions To Central America
From 1848 to 1863 he travelled extensively as a missionary throughout many parts of Mexico and Central America. On these journeys he gave...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannibalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannibalism - Cannibal Themes In Myth Religion Or Arts
On a primitive level, ritually eating part of the slaughtered enemy is a way of assuming the life-spirit of the departed. In a funeral ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannibalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannibalism - Sexualized Cannibalism Fantasies And Real
The wide use of the Internet has highlighted that thousands of people harbor sexualized cannibalistic fantasies. Discussion forums and us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg - Early Life And Writings
He was born at Bourbourg, a small town with many Flemish influences near Dunkirk, France, just as the First French Empire was drawing to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas: Encyclopedia Ii - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas - Controversial Terminology
Generally, ethnic groups desire that others use the name they give themselves. This preference has gained importance recently as a means ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg - Discovery Of De Landa's Work
In 1862 whilst searching through archives at the Royal Academy of History in Madrid for New World materials, he came across an abridged c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas: Encyclopedia Ii - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas - Mexico
The territory of modern-day Mexico was home to numerous indigenous civilizations prior to the arrival of the European conquistadors: The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg - Identification Of Maya Codex
In 1866, Brasseur de Bourbourg had opportunity to examine an artefact in Madrid which was in the possession of a Spanish paleography prof...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas: Encyclopedia Ii - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas - European Colonization Of The Americas
The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the indigenous peoples of the continent. In the 15th ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The World: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The World - Age Of Kingdoms
Throughout the temperate zones of Eurasia, America, and North Africa, large empires continued to rise and fall. The gradual breakup of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The World: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The World - The Classical Empires
By the last centuries BCE the Mediterranean, the Ganges and the Yellow River became the seats of empires which future rulers would strive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The World: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The World - Rise Of Europe
The second half of the second millennium was dominated by the expansion of European power around the world. Why Europe, which had been a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The World: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The World - Age Of Discovery
In the fourteenth century the Renaissance began in Europe. Some modern scholars have questioned whether this flowering of art and humanis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hurricane Mitch: Encyclopedia Ii - Hurricane Mitch - Impact
Hurricane Mitch was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since the Great Hurricane of 1780, displacing the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 as the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The World: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The World - Twentieth Century
The twentieth century saw the domination of the world by Europe wane, at least partly from the internal destruction of World War II, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The World: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The World - Bronze And Iron Ages
Agricultural settlements had until this time been almost completely dependent on stone tools. In Eurasia, copper and bronze tools, decora...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The World: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The World - City And Trade
Agriculture also created, and allowed for the storage of, food surpluses that could support people not directly involved in food producti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannibalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannibalism - 'cannibalism' As Cultural Libel
Numerous groups, peoples, and cultures are accused of killing and eating human beings. See Blood libel. Unsubstantiated reports of cannib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hernán Cortés: Encyclopedia Ii - Hernán Cortés - Arrival In The New World
Due to several setbacks, Cortés did not arrive in the New World until 1506. He took part in the conquest of Hispaniola and Cuba and was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hernán Cortés: Encyclopedia Ii - Hernán Cortés - Relations With The Last Aztec Emperors
Montezuma had the palace of his father Auítzotl prepared to house the Spanish and their native allies. Cortes asked for more gifts of go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hernán Cortés: Encyclopedia Ii - Hernán Cortés - Later Life
When Cortés returned to New Spain from Honduras, barely alive, he was greeted with joy by a desperate, lawless population. He served a t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The World: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The World - State
Agriculture led to several major changes. It allowed far larger population densities, which organized themselves into states. There are s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The World: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The World - Agriculture
A major change, described by the great prehistorian Vere Gordon Childe as a "revolution," occurred around the 9th millennium BCE with the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hernán Cortés: Encyclopedia Ii - Hernán Cortés - Early Life
Cortés was born in Medellín, in the province of Extremadura, in the Kingdom of Castile in Spain in 1485, the only child of Martín Cor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannibalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannibalism - Modern Cannibalism
It is interesting to note that currently the cheapest source of material from which food grade L-cysteine may be purified in high yield i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season - 2005 Storm Names
The following names were used for tropical storms and hurricanes that formed in the North Atlantic in 2005. This was the same list used f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season - Records And Notable Events
The 2005 season has broken numerous records for tropical cyclone activity. Note that systematic monitoring of the Atlantic for tropical c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonio López De Santa Anna: Encyclopedia Ii - Antonio López De Santa Anna - Military Career
In 1810, the same year that Mexico declared its independence from Spain, the sixteen-year-old joined the Spanish military to the dismay o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonio López De Santa Anna: Encyclopedia Ii - Antonio López De Santa Anna - Politics
Santa Anna declared himself retired, "unless my country needs me". He decided he was needed when Anastasio Bustamante led a coup overthro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Mexico - Languages
Spanish is the official language of Mexico and is spoken by the majority of the population. About 7% of the population speak an Amerindia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Mexico - The Name
Mexico is named after its capital city, whose name comes from the Aztec city Mexico-Tenochtitlan that preceded it. The Mexi part of the n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season - Recent Timeline Of Events
2005 Atlantic hurricane season - December. December 1 12 am EST (0500 UTC) - The hurricane season officially comes to an end with Tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl: Encyclopedia Ii - Quetzalcoatl - Antecedents
The name "Quetzalcoatl" literally means quetzal-bird snake or serpent with feathers (Amphitere) of the Quetzal (which implies something d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl: Encyclopedia Ii - Quetzalcoatl - Moctezuma Controversy
It is generally accepted that the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II initially believed the landing of Hernán Cortés in 1519 to be Quetzalcoatl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mu Lost Continent: Encyclopedia Ii - Mu Lost Continent - Other Authors
H.P. Lovecraft mentions the mysterious and long lost continent of Mu in several of his works. Mu is identified with Lemuria in the Illumi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1901: Encyclopedia Ii - 1901 - Births
1901 - January-March. January 3 - Ngo Dinh Diem, 1st President of South Vietnam (d. 1963) January 4 - CLR James, Trinidad-born writer ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1998 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Encyclopedia Ii - 1998 Atlantic Hurricane Season - 1998 Storm Names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the north Atlantic in 1998. The names not retired from this list were used ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season - Seasonal Forecasts
Forecasts of hurricane activity are issued before each hurricane season by noted hurricane expert Dr. William M. Gray and his associates ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season - Season Summary
The season began very quickly, with seven tropical storms and two major hurricanes forming before August, setting numerous records for nu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Mexico - Religion
Mexico is predominantly Roman Catholic (about 89% of the population), with 6% adhering to various Protestant faiths (mostly Pentecostal),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancún: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancún - History
In the early 1950s Cancún was an almost unpopulated and undeveloped island just off the Caribbean Sea coast of the Yucatán peninsula, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Mexico - Political Divisions
Mexico is divided into 31 states (estados) and a federal district. Each state has its own constitution and its citizens elect a governor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chichen Itza: Encyclopedia Ii - Chichen Itza - Modern Investigations At Chichen Itza
In 1839 United States travel writers Benjamin Norman, followed the next year by John Lloyd Stephens, visited and published accounts of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Mexico - Government And Politics
Main articles: Government of Mexico, Politics of Mexico The 1917 Constitution provides for a federal republic with powers separated into ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conquistador: Encyclopedia Ii - Conquistador - Debate On The Human Rights Of Natives
Most of the conquistadores cruelly mistreated the inhabitants of the regions they visited or conquered; killing, enslaving, raping and ot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannibalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannibalism - Historical Cannibalism Incidents
Cannibalism was documented in Egypt during a famine caused by the failure of the Nile to flood for eight years (AD 1064-1072). Crusaders ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl: Encyclopedia Ii - Quetzalcoatl - Atributes
The exact significance and attributes of Quetzalcoatl varied somewhat between civilizations and through history. Quetzalcoatl was often c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Mexico - Geography
Main article: Geography of Mexico Situated in the southwestern part of mainland North America and roughly triangular in shape, Mexico str...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chichen Itza: Encyclopedia Ii - Chichen Itza - Name And Orthography
The name is often represented as Chichén Itzá in Spanish and other languages to show that both parts of the name are stressed on their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancún: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancún - Tourism In Cancún
In Cancún there are about 140 hotels with 24,000 rooms and 380 restaurants. Four million visitors arrive each year in an average of 190 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancún: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancún - Environmental Concerns
Although some environmentalists claim that Cancún is an environmental disaster, Siegel says that is not true. There has obviously been e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancún: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancún - Hurricane Wilma
Wilma was the twenty-first named storm, twelfth hurricane, and sixth major hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane seaso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Mexico - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Mexico With an estimated 2005 population of about 106.5 million, Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Mexico - Economy
Main article: Economy of Mexico According to the World Bank, Mexico ranks 12th in the world in regard to GDP and has the highest per capi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannibalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannibalism - Cannibalism In War
Cannibalism is known to have been practiced by the participants of the First Crusade. Some of the crusaders fed on the bodies of their de...   » Read the article