Which piece of evidence does BEST explain how the cultures of different Mesoamerican civilizations influenced one another?
A
People in the Americas grew and ate entirely different foods than people in Mesopotamia.
B
As the Olmecs declined, their neighbors to the east — the Maya — prospered in an area the size of Colorado or Great Britain.
C
It was the Mexica people, also known as the Aztecs, that carried Mesoamerican civilization to its height.
D
The (Aztec) conquests also provided sacrificial victims for their religious rituals, carried down from the Olmecs, Maya, and Teotihuacanians.