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Around 4000 BC C., the Sumerians had begun to build great temples ziggurat
The Mesopotamians learned to take advantage of the water of the two rivers and during the growing season the farmers diverted the water so that it reaches the crops -
The Sacred City of Caral reveals the extraordinary creative capacity of the inhabitants of the varied north-central Andean territory, who, through effort and organization, were able to attain autonomously the state of civilization. -
The Olmec lived along the Gulf Coast of Mexico in the modern-day Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz. The Olmec society lasted from about 1600 BCE to around 350 BCE. -
San Lorenzo, the oldest known Olmec centre, dates to about 1150 bce, a time when the rest of Mesoamerica was at best on a Neolithic level. -
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Chavín de Huántar is an archaeological site containing ruins and artifacts originally constructed in the Peruvian Andes by the pre-Incan Chavín people around 900 B.C.E. -
Tenochtitlan was laid out symmetrically, with four sectors separated by four causeways or canals surrounding the central area. -
Hernán Cortés, in command of a small group of Spaniards and a coalition of indigenous peoples, conquered the city of Tenochtitlán, putting an end to the powerful Aztec Empire.