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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...nd [[Belize]] and [[Guatemala]] to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country in [[...
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
19: capital = [[Mexico City]] |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
24: largest_city = [[Mexico City]] | - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ... the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
3: ''See also: [[Military of Costa Rica]]''
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''
32: ...ation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
35: ... Domestic Product|GDP]]''' ([[Purchasing_Power_Parity|PPP]])<br /> - Total ([[2003]]):<br /> ... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
12: Capital = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
15: LargestCity = [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
16: Governor = [[Janet Napolitano]] |
25: DensityRank = 36th |
26: 2000Density = 17.43 | - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
3: It includes listings or tabular information for quic...
7: ...vely, instead of copying the link, you could drag it into your bookmarks toolbar, allowing the link to...
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17: ...es/List_of_et|9,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_hospitals|10,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_mis|11,]] [[S...
28: ...t of subnational entities|Lists of subnational entities]] - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
5: ...mpire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to ...
7: ...choice between seeking fame and glory in a war in Italy, or trying his luck in the Spanish colonies of...
12: ...ter said. Thus warned, Cortés organized his expedition and set sail on the morning of [[January 18]],...
15: ... to say, in his narrative Cortés manipulates reality in order to achieve his overarching purpose of g...
18: ...arent that Marina was trilingual: she spoke Maya, Nahuatl (the language of the Mexica/Aztecs), and a dialec... - Avocado (6755 bytes)
2: ...Image:Avocado.jpeg|240px]] | caption = Avocado fruit (cv. 'Fuerte'); <br/>left: whole, right: in secti...
15: ... '''avocado pear''' or '''alligator pear''', from its shape and green skin. The avocado tree does not ...
17: ...This fruit with its mildly toxic pit, co-evolved with those extinct mammals to be swallowed whole and ...
21: ...an picked and stored, but for commercial reasons, it must be picked up as soon as possible.
23: ...ly outside of California, is larger and rounder, with smooth, medium-green skin, and a less fatty, fir... - Ocelot (4489 bytes)
15: [[Image:Ocelotkitten.jpg|thumb|right|An ocelot kitten]]
17: ...ame of the animal derives from [[Nahuatl language|Nahuatl]] '''ocelotl'''.
19: ...le will have one or two cubs, born in the autumn with their eyes closed and a thin covering of hair.
21: ...he prey that the ocelot hunts is far smaller than it is. Studies suggest that they follow and find pre...
23: ...ce regarded as particularly valuable, and because it was so popular the ocelot remains one of the best... - Olmec (8916 bytes)
1: ...and they are, in fact, understood to be the progenitors and [[mother culture]] of every primary elemen...
4: ...t-known Olmec centers are at [[San Lorenzo Tenochtitlᮝ], [[La Venta]], [[Tres Zapotes]], [[Chalcatzi...
6: ...ious purposes – certainly they were playing it before anyone else has been documented doing so.
8: ... political arrangements of strongly hierarchical city-state kingdoms were repeated by nearly every oth...
11: ...ime of the people the Aztecs knew as the "Olmec". It is not known what name the ancient Olmec used for... - Teotihuacan (6370 bytes)
1: ...to the civilization this city dominated, which at its greatest extent included much of [[Mesoamerica]]...
3: ...etre|km]] (about 25 miles) northeast of [[Mexico City]], which covers a total surface area of 82.66 [[...
5: ...ions a written accent would not appear in that position. Both pronunciations are used, and both spelli...
7: ... unknown. Recently the glyph that represents the city has been translated as "The place of the preciou...
9: ...[Tula, Hidalgo|Tula]] (''Tollan Xicocotitlan'' in Nahuatl). - Toltec (2981 bytes)
1: ...0th]] and [[12th century]] AD. Their language, [[Nahuatl]], was also spoken by the [[Aztec]]s.
3: ...eavy, especially evident at the city of [[Chichen Itza]]. Their pottery has been found as far south as...
5: .... Thus the Toltecs seem to have introduced the habit of mass [[human sacrifice]] as later practiced by...
7: ...d to descend from Toltec ancestry via the sacred city of [[Colhuacᮝ].
9: ...]], which did not fall until centuries later when it was burned by [[HernᮠCort鳝] and the Spanish [... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ...excoco]] – the site of modern-day [[Mexico City]].
7: ...istorical Aztec civilization, not with modern-day Nahuatl speakers.
9: ...'' was like the modern use of ''Latino'', or ''Mediterranean'': a broad term that does not refer to a ...
11: ...in Codex]] relates that after leaving Aztlan, [[Huitzilopochtli]] ordered his people not to use the wo...
13: ... should be built. This sculpture is in [[Mexico City]].]] - Tenochtitlan (3092 bytes)
1: ...ge:Tenoch2A.jpg||right|thumb|350px|Plan of Tenochtitlan ([[Dr Atl]])]]
3: ...by [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]]s, [[Mexico City]] was erected on top of the ruins and, over the ...
5: ...who came in from the west, that the area acquired its importance.
7: ...ochtitlan (the [[Nahuatl language]] name for the city) was founded in [[1325]].
9: ...lan grew to become the largest and most powerful city in [[Mesoamerica]]. Commercial routes were devel... - Mesoamerica (2665 bytes)
3: ...ion of temples elevated atop stepped pyramids; a ritual ball-game (see:[[Mesoamerican ballgame]]); and...
5: ... from extensive use of a [[lingua franca]], the [[Nahuatl]] language, at least since the [[7th century]], a...
9: In some writings from the 1920s and 1930s the alternative term...
12: : [[Human antiquity in Mesoamerica]] - Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
1: ...[[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''chile'') is the fruit of the plant ''[[Capsicum]]'' from the nightshade...
9: ...s similarity in taste (though not in appearance) with the Old World [[Black pepper|peppers]] of the ''...
24: ...um1.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Assorted [[paprika]] fruits from Mexico]]
30: ..., for example, are routinely picked with gloves). It is also the primary ingredient in [[pepper spray]...
32: ...on. Pure capsaicin rates at 16,000,000 Scoville units.[http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/assam_chile2.as... - Tomato (10085 bytes)
15: ...pt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=521671 ITIS 521671]
17: ...e word ''tomato'' derives from [[Nahuatl language|Nahuatl]] ''tomatl'' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|I...
21: .... However this is not conclusive as many other fruits in continuous cultivation in Peru are not presen...
27: ... leaves and stems are indeed poisonous but the fruit is safe.
29: ... food begins to be widespread, mainly in southern Italy and in France. - Axolotls (8008 bytes)
15: ...native to [[Mexico]]. In the [[Spanish language]] it is called the '''''ajolote'''''.
17: ...nd its demonstration of [[neoteny]], remaining in its aquatic larval form even as a sexually-mature ad...
19: ... (since doing so is strictly forbidden), the majority being descended from these same research specime...
21: ...e in the Aztec diet. It is currently listed by [[CITES]] as an [[endangered species]].
23: ...ble an axolotl's gill stalks and appendages while it is asleep, leading to infection. - Ocelots (2874 bytes)
15: ...is larger. The name of the animal derives from [[Nahuatl language|Nᨵatl]] '''ocelotl''' ([[International...
17: ... foliage, and will occasionally share their spot with another ocelot of the same gender.
19: ...he prey that the ocelot hunts is far smaller than it is. Studies suggest that they follow and find pre...
21: ...ce regarded as particularly valuable, and because it was so popular the ocelot remains one of the most...
30: *''Leopardus pardalis mitis'', [[Argentina]], [[Paraguay]] - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...in|Spanish]] ''[[conquistador]]'' who led an expedition that caused the [[conquest of the Aztec Empire...
4: ... to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered.
6: ...scriptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
14: ...mpire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to ...
16: ...as to the nature of Cortés' studies, his later writings and actions suggest he studied [[Law]] and pr...
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