Tribes of aboriginals of Central America occupied the territory of the modern Mexican United States to the 16th century - the conquest time by the Spanish conquistadors. The Maya, the Toltec and the Aztec had a highly developed civilisation and culture not yielding to the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Greece.Almost all of Mexico lies in the North American Plate, with small parts of the Baja California peninsula on the Pacific and Cocos Plates. Mexico is crossed from north to south by two mountain ranges known as Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre Occidental. From east to west at the center, the country is crossed by the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt also known as the Sierra Nevada. A fourth mountain range, the Sierra Madre del Sur, runs from Michoacán to Oaxaca. The most well-known volcanoes are Popocatépetl (5 462 m) and Orizaba (5700 m).The Tropic of Cancer effectively... → More 6 Views Add comment
