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Zapotecs and Monte Albán
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The Zapotecs have lived in the Oaxaca (pronounced wah-HAH-kah) Valley of Mexico since at least 500 B.C.E. and are still there today. Most ancient Zapotec history revolves around the capital city, Monte Albán, which many experts consider the first Mesoamerican city. The Zapotecs, like the Olmecs (pronounced OLE-mecks), are regarded by some current scholars as the possible originators of several key features of the great...
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