I’m not 100% sure but I think the answer your looking for is that they gained more than 500,000 square miles of land
Answer:
Initial Formative: 1775 to 1500 BCE
Early Formative: 1450 to 1005 BCE
Middle Formative: 1005 to 400 BCE
Late Formative: 400 BCE
Explanation:
I hope this helps. I'm not sure what formative you needed so I put all of them.
Its crackling roots blazed and hissed as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens that's the iron's strength - so the eye of Cyclops sizzled round that stake
