Zapotec
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Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca in Mesoamerica
Key facts
- Status
- Zapotec–Mixtec Alliance
- Capital
- Monte Albán (700 BC – AD 700) Mitla (de facto) until 1400 (700–1400) Zaachila-Yoo (1400–1521)
- Common languages
- Zapotec languages
- Religion
- Polytheistic
- Government
- Hereditary monarchy
- 1328 1361
- Ozomatli
- 1361 1386
- Huijatoo
- 1386 1415
- Zaachila I
- 1415 1454
- Zaachila II
- 1454 1487
- Zaachila III
- 1487 1521
- Cosijoeza
- 1518 1563
- Cocijopij
- Historical era
- Pre-classic – Late post-classic
- Fall of san jos mogote
- c. 700 BC
- Conflict between zapotecs and mixtecs in
- 1519–1521
- Spanish conquest
- AD 1521
- Last zapotec resistance
- 1521–1563
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civilization
- Location
- Mesoamerica
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- Commons category
- Zapotec people
- topic's main category
- Category:Zapotec civilization
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- start time
- 6700-00-00
- end time
- 1201-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofMexico • Oaxaca
The Zapotec civilization (Be'ena'a (Zapotec) "The People that came from the clouds"; c. 700 BC – AD 1521) is an indigenous pre-Columbian civilization that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca in Mesoamerica. Archaeological evidence shows that their culture originated at least 2,500 years ago. The Zapotec archaeological site at the ancient city of Monte Albán has monumental buildings, ball courts, tombs and grave goods, including finely worked gold jewelry. Monte Albán was one of the first major cities in Mesoamerica. It was the center of a Zapotec state that dominated much of the territory which today is known as the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The Zapotec peoples are their modern descendants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zapotec” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.