Mesoamerican Writing

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This paper examines how Mesoamericans facilitated means of preserving written information through the construction of libraries, archives, and schools. It discusses the various methods of writing and documentation they used and explains how the arrival of Columbus, however, marked the downfall of these unique cultural groups.

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"The Mesoamerican cultures are believed to have roots dating back thousands of years before the arrival of European explorers. The first settlers, who most likely came across the Bering Strait, traveled hundreds of miles south to the area know known as Central America (Encarta). They eventually settled in the rainforest and highlands of present day Mexico, and some of them in the more temperate regions further south (Encarta). Rich farmland gave way to the cultivation of maize, beans, and squash, and contributed to the rapidly growing civilizations (Encarta). By the time Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas, these civilizations were extremely wealthy and advanced, not to mention culturally rich (Encarta)."

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