Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 201. Chapters: Olmec, Moctezuma I, Cuauhtémoc, Coyote, Xolotl, Quetzal, Acapulco, Mezcal, Mixcoatl, Tamale, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Cipactli, Tenochtitlan, Painal, Tlaltecuhtli, Xiuhcoatl, Avocado, Chalchiuhtotolin, Mexico, Xochimilco, Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Tomato, Cuernavaca, Michoacán, Mazatlán, Tlaxcala, Opuntia, Otumba de Gómez Farías, Tianguis, Amecameca, Peyote, Mole, Pulque, Quetzalcoatl, Aztlán, Coatzacoalcos, Nahua peoples, Mexican Hairless Dog, Axolotl, Ocelot, Atlatl, Corn smut, Chapultepec Castle, Tehuantepec, Macuahuitl, Teopantecuanitlan, Mixtec, Tzompantli, Coacalco de Berriozábal, Texcoco, Patolli, Chimalhuacán, Mexico State, Teziutlán, List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin, Ulama, Amatl, Chipotle, Chichihualco, Manilkara chicle, Dysphania ambrosioides, Calpulli, Chinampa, Chapulines, Teponaztli, Tlatoani, Meshico, Calmecac, Tezozomoctli, Luis de Santa María Nanacacipactzin, Chalco, Ahuizotl, Acozac, Guacamole, Tonalpohualli, Pozole, Matlatzinca, Milpa, Altepetl, Jakaltek language, Huehue Zaca, Tlacochcalcatl, Ayamo moyolpachihuitia in Totlatocatzin Rey D. Fernando VII, Tepanec, Tlacacuitlahuatzin, Atole, Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl, Xilomantzin, Moquihuix, Chicomoztoc, Itztapaltotec, Tlapanec people, Cacomistle, Sapote, Acacitli, Tonalamatl, Yolteotl, Tlamatini, Esquites, Quiahuiztlan, Tecamachalco, Tejate, Nonochton, Carlos Ometochtzin, Tilmàtli, Tepoztopilli, Huehuecoyotl, Tepetlaoztoc, Chocho people, Azcasuch, Teocalli, Huitzilopochco, Acolhuacan, Ecatepec, Pedro Moctezuma, Tetelcingo, Morelos, Tlacateccatl, Jojutla, Zapotec, Atotoztli, Cuauhxicalli, Tepetate, Teuctocaitl, Tepeticpac, Toltecatl, Techalotl, Yauhtecatl. Excerpt: Mexico (pronounced ; Spanish: ), officially known as the United Mexican States (Spanish: (·)), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2 million square kilometres (over 760,000 sq mi), Mexico is the fifth-largest country in the Americas by total area and the 14th largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of 111 million, it is the 11th most populous country and the most populous Hispanophone country. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, the capital city. In Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica many cultures matured into advanced civilizations such as the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, the Maya and the Aztec before the first contact with Europeans. In 1521, Spain conquered and colonized the territory from its base in México-Tenochtitlan, which was administered as the Viceroyalty of New Spain. This territory would eventually become Mexico as the colony independence was recognized in 1821. The post-independence period was characterized by economic instability, the Mexican American War and territorial cession to the US, a civil war, two empires and a domestic dictatorship. The latter led to the Mexican Revolution in 1910, which culminated with the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution and the emergence of the country's current political system. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time that an opposition party won the presidency from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Mexico is both one of the world's largest economies and a regional power, and since 1994 the first ...
