The Olmecs were the first culture established in Mexico. They had a great influence on the other developing tribes. The Olmecs are said to have one of the most baffling cultures, because there is not much information on where thy came from or why they disappeared. The Olmecs lived between 1500 and600 BC, in the swampy lowlands of Tabasco and Veracruz. They were very intelligent peoples that calculated mathematics and observed planets to form a calendar. Many temples and sites with priceless jade figurines were constructed, but were destroyed between 900 and 400 BC.

This civilization, which was called “city of gods,” was located on the Valley of Mexico. By the year 350 AD it was consid

Benito Juarez issued the Laws of Reform, which established separation between church and state. French Emperor Napoleon 3rd intervened militarily in Mexico. He established an empire from 1864 to 1867 under the Austrian prince Maximilian of Hapsburg. Juarez also re-established the Republic, and while he was in power he died in 1872.

In 1939 the National Action Party was created by Manuel Goméz Morín, at the present time the main political parties represented at Congress were: Institutional Revolutionary Party created by Plutarco Elías Calles, National Action Party, Peoples’ Socialist Party, Mexican Democratic Party, Revolutionary Democratic Party, The Cardenista Front Party for National Reconstruction, Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution, The Labour Party, and the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico. In 1942 Mexico entered the 2nd World War. In 1945, México signed the Charter of San Francisco, being one of the founding members of the United Nations Organization. The Treaty of Tlatelolco was signed in 1967, being the first treaty of its kind, which prohibits nuclear weapons in a geographic region. In 1994 signed with the United States and Canada the North American Free Trade Agreement. A wide program of structural reforms, privatizations and deregulations had accompanied the former Free Trade Agreement. Even though Mexico signed the free trade agreement that helps them become a little more modernized it still wishes to preserve their native heritage. Motifs from the Mexican culture are only modern interpretations of their ancient predecessors. If one ever goes to Mexico it is to be certain that they will see the similarity of artifacts from the pre-Columbian Age.

Between 250 and 900 AD the Mayans inhabited Mexico and Central America. This era in time is known as the Classic Period. The Mayans also built temples, ball courts, and homes. They developed a method of Hieroglyphic notation and recorded mythology, history, and rituals in inscriptions carved and painted on stone slabs or pillars known as stelae. Maya religion centered on the worship of a large number of nature gods and chronology among the Maya was decided by an elaborate calendar system. Their calendar was the most accurate known to humans until the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in the 16th century. , In 900 AD (approx.), the Maya centers were mysteriously abandoned, and some Maya migrated to the Yucatán Peninsula. During the Post-classic period, from 900 to the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, Maya civilization was centered in the Yucatán. Two prominent cities constructed by the Mayans are Chichén Itzá and Mayapán.

General Porfirio Diaz seized power in 1876. He was successful during his reign over Mexico. Diaz established a workable government. The civil wars and the thieving the countryside stopped. He strengthened the armies. Diaz soon adopted the positivists' way of life. The results from the action were great for his country. Money came pouring in due to the increased imports and exports. Mexico began a model for the world. Lower classes were still poor and resented the foreign dominance. Diaz's empire soon began to decline.

The judiciary has played a very minor role in Mexico’s political process. The president with the approval of two-thirds of the Senate appoints it. The court can now review newly passed legislation within a short time period, if and only if one-third of the members of the national legislature request such an appraisal.

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