Hundreds, even thousands of years before the Spanish conquests of the Middle and South Americas, huge empires of the Olmecs, Incas, Aztecs, and Mayan people ruled over the land. A lot is misunderstood about these early
civilizations, for example Mayan, and Aztec art is often mistakenly call Olmec art. The Olmecs were the earliest Indian culture of the Middle
Americas. Although the Olmec Empire can be traced back to as early as 3300 b.c., It thrived during the years from about 1000 b.c. to 200 b.c. The Aztec and Maya cultures came much later.
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