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developed along Mexicos Gulf coast, near Tabasco and Veracruz
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in the 1400's, a new and powerful civilization developed in mexico, the mechica/aztecs settled in the valley of mexico
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they unknowingly brought diseases that killed many indigenous people.
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Mexico won independance from Spain, but the countrys leaders could not create a stable government due to intervention by the U.S. and France.
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The classic Maya thrived from 100-800 CE in what are now Southern Mexico. Guatemala, and Belize