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Mexican food history

  • Mayan indians
    300

    Mayan indians

    Mayas were nomadic hunters and gatherers, they moved place to place looking food for survive.
  • Period: 300 to

    Mexican food history

  • Mayan indians
    550

    Mayan indians

    Mayas found the most important discover for humanity : agriculture, they learned to cultive corn and tropics fruits.
  • Aztec empire
    Jan 1, 1300

    Aztec empire

    Aztec empire came and showed them how different types of animals could be domesticated like turkey and dog.
    They intrioduced in the Indians food: chili peppers, honey, salt and chocolate.
  • Salsa
    Jan 1, 1350

    Salsa

    For the first time aztecs did the "salsa" it was made for large red tomatoes, tomatillo, chipotle and avocado. In the actually we use the same ingredients
  • Spain invaded mexico
    Jan 1, 1521

    Spain invaded mexico

    They introduced in mexico sheeps, pigs and cows and many differents herbs and spices. They learned how tamed them.
  • Spaniards
    Mar 1, 1521

    Spaniards

    Spaniars expanded the Mayan Indians knowledges to Caribbean reions, South American countries, French countries, West African countries and Portuguese countries.
  • "Tamales"
    Jan 1, 1550

    "Tamales"

    Spaniars showed how to make "tamales" to Aztecs.
  • "Enchiladas"

    "Enchiladas"

    In U.S thanks for Aztec empire, they could invented the "enchiladas"