To which earlier civilization can the cultural roots of maya civilization be traced?

The Olmec civilization (1200-400 BC) is an ancient and highly developed civilization of the pre-Columbian era, of the Pre-Classical Period. It´s the earliest known great civilization of Mesoamerica. So far, our knowledge about this mysterious culture is not  vast. Their legacy are monumental sacred complexes, massive stone sculptures, ball games, the drinking of chocolate and animal gods. The Olmecs are seen as precursors of both the Mayan and the Aztec civilizations.

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becasue in the south they disallowed slavery but in the north slavery was illegial this boilled into because mexico wanted slavery

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the policy of appeasement influenced the beginning of ww2 because hitler gave the other countrys chocies but after they choose to try and appease hitler to not invade their country but he still invaded them.