Mesoamerica Ancient Origins: Stories of People & Civilisation

＂Mesoamerican culture is rooted in the region of modern Mexico where some 3500 years ago ancient peoples called the Olmecs farmed and created beautiful art and pottery at roughly the same time as the Middle Kingdom Ancient Egyptians, the Babylonians and a little after the Indus Valley societies of India. After the Olmecs many different groups emerged, amongst them the sophisticated Maya 200 years after the beginning of the Common Era. In turn they would be superseded by the Toltecs, during the long period that the Vikings swept across the length of Europe in search of silver.＂--

Dr Robert Bircher is an author and consultant in the field of educational publishing. Since completing his doctorate (Oxon, 1998) in historical geography, Dr Bircher has dedicated his career to authoring, commissioning, developing and publishing high-quality educational materials for History and Geography courses in the UK and internationally. As a consultant, he has been involved in a wide range of projects, including training editors working on Kazakh-language primary textbooks, advising on diversity and decolonization of History publishing, editing a primary series of books on ancient civilizations and, most recently, a publishing project on Indigenous American history. He lives and works in Hereford, near the border with Wales.

J.K. Jackson (General Editor) has written, edited and contributed to over 20 books. Related works include studies of Babylonian creation myths, the philosophy to time and William Blake’s use of mythology in his visionary literature.