Confederation · approximate950 CE – 1521 · 571 years

Mixtec Kingdoms

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Overview

The Mixtecs or Mixtecos are Indigenous Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as La Montaña Region and Costa Chica Regions of the state of Guerrero. The Mixtec culture was the main Mixtec civilization, which lasted from around 1500 BCE until being conquered by the Spanish in 1523 CE.

Wikipedia: Mixtec·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Confederation

A confederation of independent groups; member territories shifted and overlapped, so the perimeter is approximate.

SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
DETAILhistorical-basemaps:1492:ñuu savi (mixtecapan)
SNAPSHOT1492
MATCHEDñuu savi (mixtecapan)
POLITY TYPEconfederation

Upgraded from aourednik/historical-basemaps (was: reconstructed-clipped-country)

Wars of this empire1

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

Mixtec-Zapotec Wars900 CE–1500
Significant

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 950 CE and fits the map to these borders.

Cite as: Mixtec Kingdoms (950 CE – 1521). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/americas-mixtec-kingdoms · Sources & methodology