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1500 BCE A court to play ulama was built about this time in Chiapas, Mexico. Olmecs used latex balls for the game. The Olmecs processed rubber using latex from rubber trees mixed with juice from the morning glory vine. The rubber was used to make a bouncy ball for their ball games
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in 1400 BCE The Olmecs, who called themselves Xi, were the earliest known civilization of Mesoamerica. They influenced the civilizations of the Maya and Aztec. They inhabited the Gulf Coast of what is now Mexico and Central America. Their capital was San Lorenzo, near the present day city of Veracruz
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the olmec civilization started in 1200 BCE.It's considered the precursors to the Maya and the Aztecs.the Olmec live in tropical climates in southern Mexico
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1200 BCE San Lorenzo becomes the great ceremonial centre of the olmec.the three sites of San Lorenzo, La Venta and Laguna de los Cerros all had symmetry in their planning.these are found along the gulf of mexico.
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In 1200 BCE Olmec started to keep records and write.
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1200 BCE-300 BCE The olmec Period which saw the rise of the Olmec culture's work in stone, first major cities appear.such as san lorenzo,la venta and Laguna de los Cerros.stone art like pyramids were the cultures work in stone
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In 1000 BCE The settlement at Canton Corralito on the southern Mexico-Guatemala border covered at 60 acres by this time and was believed to be a colony of the Olmec people. About this time the nearby Coatan River began to rise and cover the settlement
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An Olmec sculptor creates the piece known today as the Wrestler.
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San Lorenzo is abandoned and is the end of the civilization.
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Art is found to this day and many are still intact
