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The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century established New Spain, bringing Spanish rule, Christianity, and European influences. Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, after a prolonged struggle marked by the Mexican War of Independence.
The Aztecs [a] (/ ˈ æ z t ɛ k s / AZ-teks) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Map of the Caxcan and surrounding nations during the 16th century. The Caxcan are an ethnic group who are Indigenous to western and north-central Mexico, particularly the regions corresponding to modern-day Zacatecas, southern Durango, Jalisco, Colima, Aguascalientes, Nayarit.
Mexico is the nation of the Americas with the highest number of living languages in the early years of the 21st century; despite this cultural wealth, there is a technological disparity in education for indigenous peoples compared to other ethnic groups living in the country. [126]
The U.S. agrees to pay US$15 million to Mexico and to pay off the claims of American citizens against Mexico. It gave the United States the Rio Grande as a boundary for Texas , and gave the U.S. ownership of Alta California and a large area comprising roughly half of New Mexico , most of Arizona , Nevada , and Utah , and parts of Wyoming and ...
16th century in Spanish colonial Mexico — the center of the Viceroyalty of New Spain in North America and the East Indies. See also: Category:16th century in New Spain See also the preceding Category:15th century in the Maya civilization
Nobles from both ethnic extractions shared territorial, political and military power, and participated together in religious and public ceremonies, nevertheless, marriages between both groups where rare after the 16th century, with both units responding to different interests and unique set of traditions.
Casta painting showing 16 racial groupings. Anonymous, 18th century, oil on canvas, 148×104 cm, Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlán, Mexico. Casta (Spanish:) is a term which means "lineage" in Spanish and Portuguese and has historically been used as a racial and social identifier.