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The seven eras
Mexico from its first peoples to today, in seven rooms. Each opens on its map and carries its dates with their sources, a chart, a picture, the story and every dated event our 32 state histories hold for it: 609 in all.
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Seven rooms
Era 1 · Before 1521First peoplesOlmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, the Mexica: three thousand years of cities before Spain.117 dated events in our state histories · 62 places on its mapOpen the room →
Era 2 · 1521 to 1810New SpainConquest and the collapse of the Indigenous population, then silver, missions and haciendas.163 dated events in our state histories · 96 places on its mapOpen the room →
Era 3 · 1810 to 1876Independence, Reform and the lost northHidalgo and Morelos, a new nation, more than half its land lost to the USA, the Reform and the French.114 dated events in our state histories · 50 places on its mapOpen the room →
Era 4 · 1876 to 1910The PorfiriatoRailways, foreign capital and order; land and wealth in few hands.42 dated events in our state histories · 17 places on its mapOpen the room →
Era 5 · 1910 to 1940Revolution and rebuildingAbout a million dead, the 1917 Constitution, land to the villages, oil expropriated in 1938.55 dated events in our state histories · 16 places on its mapOpen the room →
Era 6 · 1940 to 1982Growth under one partyThe Mexican miracle to 1970, the braceros, 1968, then oil and debt.55 dated events in our state histories · 19 places on its mapOpen the room →
Era 7 · 1982 to todayThe openingThe debt crisis, NAFTA, 1994, a change of party in 2000, USMCA; since 2023 the USA's largest partner in goods.63 dated events in our state histories · 17 places on its mapOpen the room →
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Era 1 · Before 1521First peoplesOlmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, the Mexica: three thousand years of cities before Spain.117 dated events in our state histories · 62 places on its mapOpen the room →Era 2 · 1521 to 1810New SpainConquest and the collapse of the Indigenous population, then silver, missions and haciendas.163 dated events in our state histories · 96 places on its mapOpen the room →Era 3 · 1810 to 1876Independence, Reform and the lost northHidalgo and Morelos, a new nation, more than half its land lost to the USA, the Reform and the French.114 dated events in our state histories · 50 places on its mapOpen the room →Era 4 · 1876 to 1910The PorfiriatoRailways, foreign capital and order; land and wealth in few hands.42 dated events in our state histories · 17 places on its mapOpen the room →Era 5 · 1910 to 1940Revolution and rebuildingAbout a million dead, the 1917 Constitution, land to the villages, oil expropriated in 1938.55 dated events in our state histories · 16 places on its mapOpen the room →Era 6 · 1940 to 1982Growth under one partyThe Mexican miracle to 1970, the braceros, 1968, then oil and debt.55 dated events in our state histories · 19 places on its mapOpen the room →Era 7 · 1982 to todayThe openingThe debt crisis, NAFTA, 1994, a change of party in 2000, USMCA; since 2023 the USA's largest partner in goods.63 dated events in our state histories · 17 places on its mapOpen the room →Bars: how many of the 609 dated events in our state histories fall in each era.
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The states
All 31 states and Mexico City, on the map
Every state's own history, from its first peoples to today.
See alsoThe territory, 1821 to today
What New Spain left to Mexico in 1821, and what the North took.
TimelineThe turning points, dated
The national turning points of the opening, each with its source and the numbers it moved.