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"For nearly 3,000 years, Mexico was the site of some of the most advanced Indian civilizations, most notably Aztec and Mayan. In many ways, these civilizations were more developed than their European contemporaries, especially in such spheres as astronomy, mathematics, and city planning. Upon seeing the Aztec capital, Tenochitlan, for the first time, Spanish explorer Bernal Diaz del Castillo was awed by its beauty and confessed that he had never seen...

"The Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America is a unique reference work that provides readers with basic information about the history of social welfare in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The intent of the encyclopedia is to provide readers with information about how these three nations have dealt with social welfare issues, some similar across borders, others unique, as well as to describe important events, developments, and...

"Mesoamerica" is a term used to define a culture area encompassing present-day Mexico and Central America. Characterized by similarities in agricultural development, urbanization and ceremonial practice, great civilizations rose in the region well before the arrival of the Europeans in the "New World." At once accessible - the Maya, for example, were fully literate and left behind a complete written record of their unique society - and mysterious...