The Mixtec Culture was the main Mixtex civilization, which lasted from around 1500 BC until being conquered by the Spanish in 1523.
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10 Facts About Mixtec civilization
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In pre-Columbian times, a number of Mixtec civilization kingdoms competed and allied with each other and with Zapotec kingdoms in the Central Valleys.
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In pre-Columbian times, the Mixtec were one of the major civilizations of Mesoamerica.
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Important ancient centers of the Mixtec civilization include the ancient capital of Tilantongo, as well as the sites of Achiutla, Cuilapan, Huajuapan, Mitla, Tlaxiaco, Tututepec, Juxtlahuaca, and Yucunudahui.
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The Mixtec civilization made major constructions at the ancient city of Monte Alban .
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Large Mixtec civilization communities exist in the border cities of Tijuana, Baja California, San Diego, California and Tucson, Arizona.
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Mixtec civilization communities are generally described as trans-national or trans-border because of their ability to maintain and reaffirm social ties between their native homelands and diasporic community.
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Mixtec civilization are well known in the anthropological world for their Codices or phonetic pictures in which they wrote their history and genealogies in deerskin in the "fold-book" form.
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The best-known story of the Mixtec civilization Codices is that of Lord Eight Deer, named after the day in which he was born, whose personal name is Jaguar Claw, and whose epic history is related in several codices, including the Codex Bodley and Codex Zouche-Nuttall.
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Mixtec civilization successfully conquered and united most of the Mixteca region.
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