highlands

(noun)

A mountainous or hilly section of a country.

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Examples of highlands in the following topics:

  • Tiwanaku and Wari

    • Their culture rose and fell around the same time and was centered 500 miles north in the southern highlands of Peru.
  • Ceramcis of the Veracruz

    • The modern state of Veracruz lies along the Mexican Gulf Coast, north of the Maya lowlands and east of the highlands of central Mexico.
  • Teotihuacan

    • Nevertheless, its influence continued as other centers throughout Mesoamerica and as far south as the highlands of Guatemala borrowed and transformed its imagery over the next several centuries.
  • New Guinean Wood Carvings

    • These sculptures, found throughout the island but mostly in the mountainous highlands, first appeared as stone figures that took the shape of mortars, pestles, or freestanding figures.
  • Burmese Art

    • Another common style of the Buddha image is the Shan style, inherited from the Shan people who inhabit the highlands of Burma.
  • Architecture of the Inca

    • The civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century, and the administrative, political, and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru.
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