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The Olmecs were the first people who settled down in the coastal regions of central America, about 1500 years before Christ was born. It is believed that they first settled down in San Lorenzo.
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The Olmec were very good artists.They left good sculptures,Statues,Masks,and more.
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It is believed that the Olmecs were the first people who introduced writing. Archaeologists think that writing could have originated during the Olmec era, but there is no proof.
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The Olmecs were the first culture in Mexico. They found a city on a river island in 1200 B.C. or so which was called San Lorenzo.
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In between 1200-400 B.C. the Olmecs were the earliest known major civilization in Mexico.The Olmecs are located in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco, at the narrow part of Mexico west of the Yucatan peninsula and east of Oaxaca.
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From about 900 BC, their capital city moved to La Venta. The city was situated on an island in the Tonala river.
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San Lorenzo was abandoned which was a major Olmec city in 900 B.C and was around since 1500 B.C. San Lorenzo was known for having the best and biggest sculptured heads the tallest head was nearly ten feet tall.
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Around 400 B.C. the Olmec city of La Venta went into decline which took the Olmec with it.
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Nobody knows what caused the extinction of the Olmec culture.People think it was from La Venta going into decline or of a volcano eruptions.
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Around 400 B.C the Olmec disappeared and left sculptures,Statues,Masks,and more.
