A Compact History of Mexico

Mexico’s history is long and complex: early settlements thousand of years ago, refined indigenous civilizations a few centuries back, an overwhelming conquest by Spain and the merging of European an indian cultures over a long colonial period, finally independence and national formation, entry into the currents of world trade and capitalist development in the late 19th century, a major social revolution 85 years ago, and modernization and economic and social change to the present.