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Term: New Mexico

Description

Inhabited by 8000 BC; Anasazi & ancestors of Pima & Papago lived here by 12-13th cen. AD; Navajo & Apache arrived here from N by 15th cen.; Spanish arrived 16-17th cen.; area went to Mexico in 1821, to USA in 1848 in Mexican War; with Union in Civil War.!