To understand the struggle for Mexican independence, it’s necessary to explore both the wider, international context and...
Mexico
Mexican history reaches from ancient Indigenous civilizations through Spanish colonial rule and the creation of the modern nation. Explore the people and struggles that shaped its political and cultural life.
The elite few benefited at the cost of the many until his overthrow and exile. Introduction José...
Moctezuma brought social, economical, and political reform to strengthen Aztec rule, and Tenochititlan benefited from relations with...
Aztec calendar / Anthropology Museum, Photo by Rengarajang, Wikimedia Commons The Aztecs dominated the Valley of Mexico...
Mexican soldiers killed up to 300 student protesters and arrested 1,000 more on Oct. 3, 1968, in...
Villa at Battle of Torreón / Wikimedia Commons While his violence and ambition prevented his from being...
Teotihuacan, 300 BCE Teotihuacan, located in the Basin of Central Mexico, was the largest, most influential, and...
A mask of jadeite from the Olmec civilization of the Gulf coast, Mesoamerica, 900-500 BCE. Provenance: Rio Pesquero, Mexico....
Anonymous, Allegory of Independence (detail), 1834 (Museo Histórico Curato de Dolores, Guanajato, INAH) By Dr. Maya Jiménez...