olmec in A Sentence

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    The Olmec Maya Zapotec.

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    After the Olmec, several clearly post-Olmec societies developed in the Veracruz region.

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    Most of what we know about the Olmec today is due to surviving examples of Olmec art.

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    Discover how the Aztec, Mayan, and Olmec civilizations, along with Spanish influences, form the roots of today's modern Mexican society.

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    Between 1400 and 400 B.C. E, an ancient civilization famous as the Olmec lived in what is now Guatemala.

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    Learn how Aztec, Mayan, and Olmec civilizations, with Spanish influences, form the roots of today's modern agricultural and industrial Mexican society.

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    Between 1400 and 400 BCE, an ancient civilization known as the Olmec thrived in the area now known as Guatemala.

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    Maize was a staple of the Olmec diet, although it is possible that it was introduced late in the development of their culture.

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    Olmec, Mayan and Aztec civilizations found chocolate to be an energizing drink and mood enhancer, which led them to believe that it possessed mysterious and magical qualities.

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    Although many mysteries remain, ongoing work by archaeologists, anthropologists, and other researchers has given us something of a glimpse into what Olmec life might have been like.

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    Olmec, Mayan and Aztec civilizations found chocolate to be an invigorating drink, mood enhancer and aphrodisiac, which led them to believe that it possessed mystical and spiritual qualities.

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    According to archaeologist Richard Diehl, there are five aspects of Olmec religion, including a well-defined cosmos, a shaman class, sacred places and sites, identifiable gods and specific rituals and ceremonies.

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    Many of the Olmec gods, such as the Rain God and Feathered Serpent, would go on to form part of the pantheon of later Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Aztec and Maya.

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    There is much that is still unknown about the Olmecs, including some very important, basic things such as what they called themselves("Olmec" is an Aztec word applied to sixteenth-century dwellers in the region).

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    Even more importantly, the Olmec were one of only six primary or"pristine" civilizations in the world, the others being ancient China, Egypt, Sumeria, the Indus of India and the Chavin culture of Peru.

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    First of all, the Olmec was the"mother" culture of Mesoamerica, and many aspects of Olmec culture, such as gods, glyphic writing, and artistic forms, became part of later civilizations such as the Maya and Aztecs.

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