Mesoamerica or Meso-America (Spanish: Mesoamérica) is a region and culture area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua, within which a number of pre-Columbian societies flourished before the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries.[1][2][3] Prehistoric groups in this area are characterized by agricultural villages and large ceremonial and politico-religious capitals[4] This culture area included some of the most complex and advanced cultures of the Americas, including the Olmec, Teotihuacan, the Maya, and the Aztec.[5]
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Beloved around the world, the cacao tree from which chocolate is made has been an important part of indigenous culture for time immemorial in Mesoamerica ...
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