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	Mexico Travel Guide - Mexico Articles
		The post-Hispanic history of Mexico can be as equally fascinating as the history of the pre-Hispanic tribes and to take advantage of the many museums all across Mexico is an often overlooked tourist’s delight.
		The new cathedral in Mexico city was begun in 1616 and was constructed in several phases, the last of which was completed in 1813 with the addition of its baroque style dome.
		This revolt likewise failed at establishing Mexico as an independent state, primarily because the creollos were unwilling to give up their power over the peasant classes.
	www.go2mexico.com /mexico_articles/mexico_brief_history.php (1986 words)

	PC(USA) - Worldwide Ministries: Mexico - History
		During the period from 1876 to 1910 Mexico was ruled by the dictator Porfirio Diaz, whose suppression of dissent and neglect of the rural poor led directly to the Mexican revolution of 1910–1917, led by campesino leaders Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa.
		Postwar Mexico is marked by stability, growth of the middle class, and neglect of the poorest.
		Mexico recovered slowly, and until the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was actually seen as a model for the success of free trade and structural adjustment programs imposed by the World Bank and IMF.
	pcusa.org /worldwide/mexico/history.htm (402 words)

	History of Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Santa Ana was Mexico’s leader during the conflict with Texas, which declared itself independent from Mexico in 1836, and during Mexico’s war with the United States (1846-48).
		Archduke Maximilian of Austria, whom Napoleon III of France established as Emperor of Mexico, was deposed by Juarez and executed in 1867.
		Mexico’s severe social and economic problems erupted in a revolution that lasted from 1910-20 and gave rise to the 1917 constitution.
	www.historyofnations.net /northamerica/mexico.html (734 words)

	History of Mexico, Maine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Mexico, in the eastern part of Oxford County, is bounded on the east by Dixfield, south by Peru, west by Rumford, and north by Roxbury, and Carthage in Franklin County.
		The post-offices are Mexico and Dixfield, the first in the western part of the town, the second just across the river at the south.
		Counting re-enlistments, 83 men were furnished by Mexico for the defence of the Union during the war of the Rebellion.
	history.rays-place.com /me/mexico-me.htm (357 words)

	Mexico - History & Culture
		Mexico, with its fertile plains and great mineral wealth, was the crown jewel of Spain's colonies.
		Mexico's post-revolution history is marked by the tenacity of a single political party, the Partido Revolucionario Institutional, or PRI.
		Traditionally, the mayoral seat of Mexico City is the second most powerful office in the nation, and the citizens of the Districto Federal could not have elected a more ironic man: he is Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, the son of the PRI's beloved Lazaro Cardenas.
	www.geographia.com /mexico/mexicohistory.htm (1779 words)

	HISTORY OF MEXICO 4
		Mexico was overwhelmingly a rural country throughout the 19th century.
		The prime literary movement in Mexico in the 19th century was romanticism that was intensely concerned with freedom and individualism.
		The infrastructure of Mexico had yet to be modernized, the sale of church lands did not yield the capital expected and in the spring of 1861 the national deficit amounted to $400,000.
	www.emayzine.com /lectures/MEX4.html (4263 words)

	Mexico History \| iExplore.com
		Mexico’s earliest known civilization was the Olmec in the second century BC, which reached its peak in about 1200 BC.
		Mexico is a federal republic with 31 states and one federal district.
		Mexico also has a sizeable mining sector, producing a wide range of minerals including silver, bismuth, arsenic and antimony; there are also smaller deposits of sulphur, lead, zinc and cadmium.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Mexico/History (1821 words)

	World InfoZone - Mexico Facts
		Mexico City is the highest city in North America.
		The Rio Grande is Mexico's longest river and marks the border with the USA along part of its extent.
		In 1836 Texas, whose population were mainly emigrants from the USA, broke away from Mexico.
	www.worldinfozone.com /facts.php?country=Mexico (605 words)

	The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Mexico
		Mexico's organized Jewish community, which numbers about 50,000, has emphatically rejected the Kulanu's efforts not only because Orthodox Judaism traditionally does not proselytize, but also because the community fears a backlash of anti-Semitism.
		Mexico enacted a stiff immigration policy in 1937, limiting entry from nations heavily populated by Jews such as Poland and Rumania to 100 per year.
		In Mexico City alone there are 23 synagogues, several Kosher restaurants and at least 12 Jewish schools, where 80 percent of the Jewish youth receive their education.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Mexico.html (1333 words)

	Mexico: From Empire to Revolution
		The website includes maps of Mexico City, the Yucatán Peninsula, and the nation as a whole; biographical information on all of the photographers included in the site; and a “Chronology,” which plots some of the central events in Mexican history along a timeline and illustrates them with 28 photographs from the collection.
		The centerpiece of the website, though, is the “History“ section which contains all of the photographs organized in chronological order and accompanied by a basic narrative history.
		Among the many topics illuminated by the photographs are the French Intervention in Mexico during the 1860s as well as the eventual victory of Benito Juárez and the execution of Emperor Maximilian.
	chnm.gmu.edu /worldhistorysources/r/45/whm.html (594 words)

	1867-2000: A people’s history of Mexico \| libcom.org
		A working class history of Mexico from the Diaz administration of 1876, through the Revolution of 1910 to the beginning of the 21st century.
		The rapid industrialisation that Mexico was undergoing at the turn of the twentieth century was confined to tiny areas of the country, and the industrial bourgeoisie as a class were too weak to make much political headway in the Porfiriato.
		Mexico had always relied on America for heavy industrial investment, and while US capital may not consciously have wanted to keep Mexico underdeveloped, it saw it generally as fit only for natural resource and labour-power exploitation.
	libcom.org /history/1867-2000-a-people-s-history-of-mexico (5341 words)

	Mexican History & Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		During the colonial period, México was called "New Spain", and it covered three centuries of its history: from the 13th of August of 1521, the date of the conquest of Tenochtitlán by the Spanish, until 1821 when the Independence movement was consummated.
		At the initiative of Mexico, the Treaty of Tlatelolco was signed in 1967, being the first treaty of its kind which prohibits nuclear weapons in a geographic region, in this case in Latin America.
		Thanks to the political stability of the accelerated economic and social development which Mexico has experienced during the first half of the twentieth century, the country has gone from being at the turn of the century a principally agricultural economy to become the 13th most important economy in the world.
	www.mexican-embassy.dk /history.html (2354 words)

	The Oxford History of Mexico:0195112288:Michael C. Meyer; William H. Beezley:eCampus.com
		Mexico is a country of fascinating contrasts -- glorious history and tumultuous politics, extraordinary culture and desperate poverty, ancient traditions and rapid modernization.
		Yet despite the growing curiosity about Mexico due to increased trade and commerce, mostly resulting from NAFTA, as well as increased tourism and immigration, there is presently no up-to-date, accessible history of Mexico for general readers.
		The Oxford History of Mexico, edited by Michael Meyer and William Beezley, fills this gap with a comprehensive, lucidly written, and fully current narrative history by twenty of the most esteemed historians of Mexico writing today.
	www.ecampus.com /book/0195112288 (254 words)

	History - Mazatlan, Mexico
		The remains of the foundations of the world of Jesuit missionaries are scattered along the banks of the Sinaloa River, in the northwest of Mexico.
		History books tell us that is was founded by Álvar Núñes Cabeza de Vaca, the explorer who went on one of the most fantastic journeys in history, between Louisiana and Sinaloa.
		In order to understand its history fully, it has to be appreciated that today it consists of two villages, El Nío and 2 km to the south, Pueblo Viejo.
	www.mazatlan.com.mx /cultural/misionaires.htm (1654 words)

	History of Mexico
		Mexico was first inhabited by native civilizations such as the Mayan's, Aztec's, Toltec's, Mixtec's, Zapotec's and the Olmec's.
		With the Spanish settling down in Mexico and new ethnic group was established: Mestizo > A mix of spanish conquerors and native people, mixing of both cultures.
		In 1823 the Republic of Mexico was established.
	academic.uofs.edu /student/CACACEC2/history.html (326 words)

	Mexican History, Mexico History, History of Mexico, Mexico Facts, Facts About Mexico, The History of
		Mexico history reflects this and the country as a whole went through a devastating period as it moved toward colonialism.
		For the next 300 years, the history of Mexico was dominated by Spanish colonialism and development.
		The history of Mexico is an important backdrop for understanding modern day Mexico.
	www.destination360.com /north-america/mexico/history.php (617 words)

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		Mexico is an oil-producing nation, rich in resources, but its people REFUSE to do anything to change it.
		It is important to note that some of the indigenous people of Mexico have migrated from their ancestral homelands in other parts of Mexico or Central American nations to their present homes.
		History of Mexico - Linguistic Diversity of Mexico')" href="http://click.hotbot.com/director.asp?site=search.lycos.com&partner=&start_group=retriever_topic_more&id=5&keys=History+of+Mexico&target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonculture.org%2Fmexico%2Fling.html">houstonculture.org
	www.lycos.com /info/history-of-mexico.html?page=2 (465 words)

	History of Mexico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1519, the native civilizations of Mexico were invaded by Spain, and two years later in 1521, the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was conquered by an alliance between Spanish and Tlaxcaltecs (the main enemies of Aztecs).
		Mexico is the a major supplier of heroin and the largest foreign supplier of marijuana and methamphetamine to the US market; continues as the primary transshipment country for US-bound cocaine from South America, accounting for about 90% of estimated annual cocaine movement to the US.
		Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia ;· Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ;· Trinidad and Tobago · United States
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Mexico (6809 words)

	CAMPECHE MEXICO HISTORY
		On the west and northwest side is the Gulf of Mexico.
		The City of Campeche, which is also a port in the Gulf of Mexico, is the capital of the state.
		It is located 196 km southeast of Merida by the federal highway 180, and 471 km northeast of Villahermosa by the federal highways 186, 261 and 180.
	www.travelyucatan.com /campeche-history.htm (374 words)

	Mexico History Records Struggles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Mexico's history was born of numerous cultural, ethnic, and political contributions from several major indigenous civilizations.
		Mexico's postindependence period was characterized by violence and civil war, including European intervention and a long domestic dictatorship.
		Mexico's political system emerged from this era and has provided political continuity from 1929 to the present, a record achieved by few other governments.
	www.globalvolunteers.org /1main/mexico/mexicohistory.htm (1492 words)

	Mexico, A Brief History
		Before the Spanish arrival in 1519, Mexico was occupied by a large number of Indian groups with very different social and economic systems.
		This became the national symbol of Mexico and adorns the country's flag and official seal.
		Although the motive for the attack, as well as the identities of the perpetrators, remained unclear, villagers from Acteal suggested that pro-government guerrillas had staged the attack to retaliate for Acteal's support of the EZLN, noting that Acteal's villagers had been strong supporters of the anti-government peasant rebellion that began in Chiapas in 1994.
	history-world.org /mexico.htm (2284 words)

	THE PEOPLE & HISTORY OF MEXICO - TIME-LINE OVERVIEW WITH MORE THAN 300 ARTICLES
		Although all countries have visible remains of their history, Mexico seems to have reminders of its past in just about every town you visit.
		We have also divided Mexico's history into several smaller categories in order to help you achieve a greater understanding of the evolutionary and revolutionary processes that have made Mexico what it is today.
		Maximilian & Carlota - the Emperor and Empress of Mexico
	www.mexconnect.com /mex_/history.html (734 words)

	Guide and Travels to Mexico : History of Mexico
		Mexico is estimated to have been inhabited more than 20,000 years ago by hunter-gatherer peoples.
		The colonial period in which Mexico was known as "Nueva Espana" or "New Spain" lasted from 1521 to 1821.
		Mexico during the period following the independence until the Mexican revolution in 1911 was largely instable as many presidents came and went.
	www.roadtomexico.com /history.htm (888 words)

	Mexico
		Hernan Cortes Arrives In Mexico--This page from PBS provides a brief history of Hernán Cortés's conquest of the land that was to become known as Mexico.
		Mexico From World Almanac For Kids--Information on land and resources, history, population, economy, education, culture and governement.
		Mexica: Aztecs --Read descriptions of the history, religion, economy, society, and writings of this culture that dominated the Valley of Mexico in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
	www.tms.riverview.wednet.edu /lrc/Mexico.htm (1712 words)

	Mexico: History of Struggle
		The Spanish rulers proceeded to rob Mexico of all its natural resources, mainly silver, and created vast plantations for the export of wheat, sugar cane, etc. By the 17th century the economy of 'New Spain' collapsed.
		Disease and overwork cut the native population from 12 million in 1520 to one million by 1720, but it was not until the early l9th century that major threats to Spanish rule began.
		A congress was elected, and after a military rebellion in 1823 Mexico became a republic.
	flag.blackened.net /revolt/mexico/ip/hist.html (739 words)

	Oxford University Press: The Oxford History of Mexico: Michael C. Meyer
		Mexico is a country of fascinating contrasts--glorious history and tumultuous politics, extraordinary culture and desperate poverty, ancient traditions and rapid modernization.
		The Oxford History of Mexico, edited by Michael Meyer and William Beezley is a comprehensive, lucidly written, and fully current narrative history by twenty of the most esteemed historians of Mexico writing today.
		Michael Meyer is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Arizona and the author of several books on Mexican history, including (with William Sherman and Susan Deeds) The Course of Mexican History.
	www.oup.com /us/catalog/24990/subject/HistoryOther/?view=usa&ci=9780195112283 (515 words)

	Study Abroad Program - History of Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1810 and established a federal system of government steered by a constitution adopted in 1917.
		Modern-day Mexico is a stunningly diverse culture and a growing economy.
		Mexico has taken further steps to make it an increasingly important country in the region.
	www.plattsburgh.edu /academics/studyabroad/mexico/history.php (399 words)

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