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Title: Mexico


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Mexico
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Teotihuacan
  • located about 31 miles north east of Mexico City
  • 500 BC- 650 AD
  • Population 200,000

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Pyramid of the Sun
  • Built in the 1st century AD
  • Volume of 2.5 million tons of stone and earth
    used in its construction
  • 200 feet high and 700 feet high wide

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Pyramid of the Moon
  • Second largest structure in the city
  • rises to 140 feet and measures 426 by 511 feet at
    its base

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Guadalajara, Jalisco
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Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato
  • 16 de septiembre, Miguel Hidalgo had the grito to
    declare the war for independence
  • Viva Mexico, Viva

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Strangest Ice Cream
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San Miguel de Allende, GTO
  • Many people from the U.S. retire and move to this
    city
  • Part of the independence route of Miguel Hidaldo

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Guanajuato, GTO
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Alhondiga de Granaditas
  • Used as a prison and a fort
  • Door was burned down by El Pipila during the
    war of independence

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The Mummies
  • Dug up between 1865 and 1958
  • Law required relatives to pay grave taxes
  • Accidently mummified

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Michoacan
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