drums beating music narrator the thousand yearsgo in souern mexico, an unprecedented culture flounearhe gulf coast. Le rivers meandering through the hot, tropical lowlands were the regions lifeblood. Theswaterways for transporon and tra enuraged agriculture. Annual floods left deposits of fertile soil, ideal for growing maize, squash and beans. More than two thousand years later, the aztecs called this region olman, or rubber country, the name of the peoples. Who dwelled there in antiquity is lost, but they have become known as olmec. To express their political and religious beliefs, the ancient olmec invented imagery of spellbinding power. Theyarved monumental sculptures fm volcanic rock without mel tools, ing haers and chisels made ostone. They transported massive blocks of basalt, ighing up to 2ns, across miles of teory thout benefit of the wel. They built the First Pyramid in the americas, rising 100 feet anma of ren the half millionubic ft ofpa they fasoned delicate, and often dee
music narrator the thousand yearsgo in souern mexico an urecedent culture flourished in the jungle nearhe gulf coast. Rivers meandering through the hot, tropical lowlands were the regions lifeblood. Theswaterwayfor transportion and tra encouraged agriculture. Annual floods left deposits of fertile soil ideal for growing maize, squash and beans. More than two thousand years later, the aztecs called this region olman, or rubber country, for its many rubber trs. The name of the people who dwelled there in antiquity is lost but they have become known as olmec. To express their political and religious beliefs, the ancient olmec invented imagery of spellbinding power. They carved monumental sculptures fm volcanic rock without mel tools, ing hamms and chisels made ostone. They transported massive blocks of basalt weighing up to 2ns across miles of teory thout benefit of the wel. They built the First Pyramid in the americas, rising 100 feet anma of ren the half millionubic f ofpa th fasoned de
music narrator the thousand yearsgo in souern mexico, an unprecedent culture flourished in the jungle nearhe gulf coast. Rivers meandering through the hot, tropical lowlands were the regions lifeblood. Theswaterwayfor transportion and tra encouraged agriculture. Annual floods left deposits of fertile soil, ideal for growing maize, squash and beans. More than two thousand years later, the aztecs called this region olman, or rubber country, the name of the peoples. Who dwelled there in antiquity is lost, but they have become known as olmec. To express their political and religious beliefs, the ancient olmec invented imagery of spellbinding power. They carved monumental sculptures fm volcanic rock without mel tools, ing haers and chisels made ostone. They transported massive blocks of basalt, weighing up to 2ns, across miles of teory thout benefit of the wel. They built the First Pyramid in the americas, rising 100 feet an oren the a half millionubic ft ofpa they fasoned delicate, and oft