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[[Image:Teotihuacan.jpg|250px|thumb|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:
* [[Aztecs]]
* [[Mayas]]
* [[Mixtecs]]
* [[Olmecs]]
* [[Tarascans]]
* [[Teotihuacán]]
* [[Toltecs]]
* [[Veracruz Civilization]]
* [[Xicallancas]]
* [[Zapotecs]]
[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Mexican History]]
[[Category:Archaeology]]