millenary history, by a reference to the Spanish invader conqueror? Why not call it the PRE-CUAUHTEMOC epoch? History is written by the victors, therefore, we should bear in mind, what kind of history do we know?
Well, then, the experts have divided Our Old Grandparent’s history, before the European invasion, into three major periods.
The first is called PRECLASSIC, and is chronologically placed by researchers between 6000 B.C. and the year 200 B.C., approximately. The second period is the CLASSIC, from about 200 B.C., up to 850-900 A.D.
The third period starts around 850-900A.D., and concludes with the European invasion and the taking of Tenochtitlan in 1521.
| a) | Preclassical | 6000 | BCE | - | 200 | BCE | 5,800 | years. | (73%) |
| b) | Classical | 200 | BCE | - | 850 | CE | 1,050 | years. | (13%) |
| c) | Postclassical | 850 | CE | - | 1521 | CE | 671 | years. | (8%) |
| d) | Colonial | 1521 | CE | - | 2011 | 490 | years. | (6%) |
When this incredible time span of 7500 years (almost four Christian eras), is compared with the last five hundred years of history, that could be accurately called "Hispanic era", the reader will appreciate that the structural basis of what constitutes our nation today, is unquestionably rooted in Mexico’s indigenous past.
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