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The Flag of Mexico is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms placed in the center of the white stripe. Green: Hope White: Purity Red: Religion. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by Mexico following independence from Spain during the country's War of Independence. Throughout history, the flag has changed 4 times, as the design of the coat of arms and the length-width ratios of the flag have been modified. However, the coat of arms has had the same features throughout: an eagle, holding a serpent in its talon, is perched on top of a prickly pear cactus; the cactus is situated on a rock that rises above a lake. The coat of arms is derived from an Aztec legend that their gods told them to build a city where they spot an eagle and a serpent, which is now Mexico City.
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For almost three thousand years, Aridoamerica (north of Mexico), and Mesoamerica (central and southern Mexico) were the site......

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