FOOD

Mexico's cuisine is characterized by its great variety of dishes and recipes as well as by the complexity of their preparation. It is known for its distinctive flavors and sophisticated with great flavoring. It brings together indigenous and European culinary traditions, among many others. If here is to propose a description of all the influences he received Mexican cuisine, this introduction would become an endless list of national cuisines. Suffice it to say that Mexican cuisine is no stranger to the kitchen: Spanish, Cuban, African, Middle Eastern and Asian

TRIBES OF PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA

There are remains of ancient tribes that once lived in mexico:

-Teotihuacán

-Aymara

-Maya

-Azteca

-Inca

HISTORY OF MEXICO

The history of Mexico, a country located in North America or, if you will, in the northernmost portion of Mesoamerica, dating back some 14,000 years (according to the consensus of Clovis), which estimates the first settlements occurred sedentary people.

Before the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century, what is now Mexico was inhabited by people of advanced cultures interacted with each other in varying degrees, in time and territory. From that time stand the Olmec culture, the Toltec, Teotihuacan, Maya, Nahuatl, the Totonac, Zapotec, Mixtec, the Tarascan, among others.

On arrival of Europeans, Mexico was a mosaic of peoples and cultures without national cohesion. After the conquest, for 300 years of colonialism, it was to be a country with some degree of homogeneity and common features. In the early nineteenth century with the independence of the Spanish empire is reached, it starts the final integration process which results in contemporary Mexico. Throughout the nineteenth century wars and disputes happen intestine, and several attempts at subjugation by foreign powers. At that time Mexico lost nearly half its territory, after which began its consolidation as a free and sovereign nation.

Wine, at the beginning of the twentieth century, a bloody social movement that laid the groundwork political, legal and social aspects of contemporary Mexico. During most of this century, the nation lived in peace a learning process and self-correction, both institutional and social and economic aspects. After cutting several fundamentally economic crisis and political, the latter of which is not bettered, the nation evolves and settles toward the end of the first decade of XXI century occasion that marks 200 years of independence from Spain and 100 years of transforming revolution.

FLAG

The Flag of Mexico (Spanish: Bandera de México) is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by Mexico following independence from Spain during the country's War of Independence, and subsequent First Mexican Empire. The current flag was adopted in 1968, but the overall design has been used since 1821, when the First National Flag was created. The current law of national symbols, Law on the National Arms, Flag, and Anthem, that governs the use of the national flag has been in place since 1984.

MEXICO

Mexico, is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2 million square kilometres (over 760,000 sq mi), Mexico is the fifth-largest country in the Americas by total area and the 14th largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of 111 million, it is the 11th most populous country and the most populous Hispanophone country on Earth. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, the capital city.

In Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica many cultures matured into advanced civilizations such as the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, the Maya and the Aztec before the first contact with Europeans.

INRTODUCTION

Hey guys, this blog will talk about Mexico, its customs, its flag and it represents, its geography, its shield ...