CENTRAL AMERICA
Central America is a narrow isthmus connecting North and South America, bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The region was the heart of several major pre-Columbian civilizations, most notably the Maya, whose cities, astronomical systems, and written language left an archaeological record that stretches across much of the region’s modern territory.
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