Mexico : Land of Enchantment Phone Case

Only three countries lie in North America – Canada, the United States and Mexico. Mexico is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world, although the people here didn’t always speak Spanish. For thousands of years, native Indians lived here and built great cities. The people had advanced systems of language, education and calendars. They had clever ways of raising food. When the Spanish conquistadors led by the explorer Hernan Cortes arrived in the 1500s, the old ways of life changed. The Aztec and Mayan empires were destroyed. Many people died from diseases the Spanish colonists brought with them. Spain ruled Mexico until she gained her independence in 1821. Since then, the country has struggled to rise above poverty.