In the distant past, what is now the territory of the State of Mexico was inhabited by different peoples who fought, traded and intermingled. As centuries went by, two great empires were born--Teotihuacán and Tenochtitlán-as well as powerful dominions including Matlatzinco, Texcoco and Chalco. After the Spanish conquest, indigenous peoples formed part of a new social order under the viceroy ship. At the heart of New Spain, a prosperous society had emerged from two great civilizations: the Mesoamerican and the European.—Clío TV