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The Pre-Columbian natives of Mexico were mining gold, silver and other minerals long before the Spanish arrived at the New World in 1492. It was not long after the Spanish arrived that they began enslaving the indigenous people...

It may sound morbid to the non-Mexican, but the Day of the Dead is a Mexican festival for relatives and friends to come together and celebrate the memory of their loved ones who have passed away. It is believed that on the Day...

The ancient Maya and Aztecs chewed gum, made from the natural latex of Chicle, which comes from the Sapodilla tree. The latex was harvested by cutting Xs and zigzags in the bark, capturing the liquid that comes out and runs down...

August 10, 1644–March 15, 1711 Within 50 years of Columbus’s discovery of the Americas, Spanish Conquistadors overpowered the Native people and their lands. After their conquest, Spain’s aim was to make taxpaying citizens out of...

One of the methods used by Spain to colonize the Americas was through land-grants given to the Nobility or as a reward for valiant service to men like the Conquistador, Hernando Cortez. These lands were called Haciendas. The...

Mexico’s National Drink Long before the Conquistadors arrived in the new world the sweet juice from the heart of the agave plant was fermented in a drink called Pulque. This precursor of tequila was used by the Aztecs as a...

Besides pepper and cloves there was a third spice that helped usher in the discovery of the Americas and an alternate route to the East that previously had only been accessible by a long overland journey on the Silk Road;...

The name of the spice known as clove, comes from the French word, clou, meaning nail. Cloves are aromatic dried flower buds from an evergreen tree native to the Maluku Islands located in Indonesia, historically referred to as...