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Mesoamerican city-states and chiefdoms

polity · 800 AD–1278 AD

Mesoamerican city-states and chiefdoms, a polity recorded 800 AD–1278 AD: 3 mapped boundaries, cited to 4 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
800 AD–899 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 800 ADReligion: mesoamerican.
900 AD–999 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 900 ADReligion: mesoamerican.
1000 AD–1278 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1000 ADReligion: mesoamerican.

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

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