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Mesoamerica extended from approximately modern-day central Mexico and through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica.

WORDS TO UNDERSTAND CIVILIZATION: a type of culture or society of a specific time, place, or group IRRIGATION: applying water manually, or artificially, to land in order to help crops grow MESOAMERICA: the region where North and South America meet. It includes the countries of Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador

6 THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS: AZTECS