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The Zapotec Empire in what is now this country developed one of the first written texts in Middle America |
Mexico
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$800 |
DJ |
ANCIENT TIMES |
2007-02-16 |
#5170 |
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The Zapotecs erected their capital, Monte Alban, in what is now the state of Oaxaca in this country |
Mexico
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$200 |
J |
ANCIENT TIMES |
1995-07-03 |
#2511 |
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The Zapotecs, not the Maya, were probably the first people in what is now this country to write |
Mexico
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$400 |
DJ |
ANCIENT TIMES |
1994-03-16 |
#2203 |
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Modern-day country in which the Olmecs, or "rubber people", flourished from 1200 to 100 B.C. |
Mexico
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$800 |
DJ |
ANCIENT TIMES |
1987-10-14 |
#713 |