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Mixtec civilizationÑuu Dzahui
MesoamericaHeartland today: 
Mexico
The Mixtec kingdoms known from the painted codices are Postclassic, from about 900 CE. Mixtec-speaking towns existed in the Oaxaca highlands centuries earlier, and the language itself is reconstructed as separating from its relatives around 1500 BCE.
Before and after
In the Valley of Oaxaca:Came before: Zapotec civilization
Mixtec nobles were buried in a reused Zapotec tomb at Monte Albán, while Zapotec towns such as Mitla and Zaachila carried on.
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Rival kingdoms of highland Oaxaca, known as the "cloud people", who painted their dynastic histories in folding screenfold books and produced some of Mesoamerica's finest goldwork.
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Key events
Mixtec-speaking communities settle the Mixteca Alta, Baja and Costa regions of OaxacaDisputed
The date rests on linguistic reconstruction of when Mixtec split from related languages, not on excavated remains.
Sources
- Spores, Ronald (1967). The Mixtec Kings and Their People. University of Oklahoma Press.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Mixtec."
Mixtec scribes paint dynastic histories in folding deerskin screenfold books, later called codices
Sources
- Spores, Ronald (1967). The Mixtec Kings and Their People. University of Oklahoma Press.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Mixtec."
Also happening around
Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw conquers the rival kingdom of Red and White Bundle
Eight Deer's reign and conquests are recorded in the Codex Zouche-Nuttall; the Codex counts 94 cities conquered in his lifetime (1063–1115).
Sources
- Byland, Bruce E. & Pohl, John M. D. (1994). In the Realm of 8 Deer: The Archaeology of the Mixtec Codices. University of Oklahoma Press.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Mixtec."
Mixtec goldsmiths produce filigree jewellery so fine the Aztecs later imported their craftsmen
Sources
- Spores, Ronald (1967). The Mixtec Kings and Their People. University of Oklahoma Press.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Mixtec."
Spanish forces complete the conquest of the Mixtec kingdoms following the fall of Tenochtitlan
Sources
- Spores, Ronald (1967). The Mixtec Kings and Their People. University of Oklahoma Press.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Mixtec."