Category:History of Mexico

Mexico's 30 centuries of history can be comfortably divided into five broad periods:


 * Category:Mesoamerica – from pre-historic times up until the arrival of the conquistadors in the 1510s.


 * Category:Colonial Mexico – covering the history of New Spain from the arrival of the conquistadors until the War of Independence in the 1810s.


 * Category:Independent Mexico – Mexico of the 19th century (including two short-lived empires and the loss of half the nation's territory) prior to the administration of Porfirio Diaz.
 * Category:Mexican War of Independence
 * Category:Mexican-American War


 * Category:Porfiriato – Mexico during the government of Porfirio Diaz


 * Category:Modern Mexico – the Mexican Revolution and the post-revolutionary period (the "armed" and "institutional" phases of the Revolution) up to the present day.
 * Category:Mexican Revolution

This parent category is for topics spanning multiple periods in Mexican history.