Mesoamerica

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Teotihuacán, the biggest Mesoamerican city

Mesoamerica is the region of Mexico and Central America, which extends from the Tropic of Cancer to Costa Rica. The term Mesoamerica is only applied in a historical context, when referring to the precolumbian civilizations of the area. The word Mesoamerica was coined by the German anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff.

Mesoamerican civilizations and peoples include: