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Toltec

The Toltec culture (/ˈtɒltɛk/) was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture that ruled a state centered in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico, during the Epiclassic and the early Post-Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology, reaching prominence from 950 to 1150 AD. The later Aztec culture considered the Toltec to be their intellectual and cultural predecessors and…

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Cause of collapse
Arrival of Chichimec peoples who conquered Tula
Dates
c. 950–1168 AD
Followed by
League of Mayapan, Totonacapan, Azcapotzalco, Acolhua, Ecatepec, Chalco
Geographical range
Mesoamerica (historically)
Language
Nahuatl, Otomi
Major sites
Tollan-Xicocotitlan (capital), Huapalcalco

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Origins of society at Tula

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related to history · 53
Toltec → Apostle, Astonished, Aztec, Berra, Bourbourg, Central Mexican, Charles Etienne Brasseur, Chichén Itza, Chichén Itzá, Christian Gospel, Classic, Daniel Garrison Brinton, Diego Durán, Dominican, Duran, Durán, Durán's, Désiré Charnay, Following Charnay, Francisco Clavigero
related to Archaeology · 24
Toltec → Chichén Itzá, Evidence, Hidalgo, Lisa Montiel, Mesoamerica, Michael, Mixtec-Puebla, Mixteca-Puebla, Richard Diehl, Silho, Smith, Some, Tenochtitlan, Teotihuacan, The, They, Tohil, Traits, Tula, Tula Hidalgo
related to Toltecs as myth · 20
Toltec → Additional, Aztec, Aztecs, Brinton, For, Hidalgo, However, Mesoamerican Postclassic, Mesoamericans, More, Much, Nahuatl, Since, Tenochtitlan, Teotihuacan, The Nahuatl, This, Tollan, Tula, While Tula
related to Origins of society at Tula · 18
Toltec → AD, Beginning, Chichimeca, Chingu, Coyotlatelco, During Teotihuacan's, Early Classic, Gulf Coast, It, Mayan, Mesoamerica, Nonoalca, Teotihuacan's, The, The Coyotlatelco, Tula, Villagran, While
related to Material culture at Tula Grande · 16
Toltec → At, Atlantean, Building, Importantly, Mesoamerica, One, Pyramid, Socunusco, Some, The, To, Toltecs, Tula, Tula Grande, Tula's, Various
related to External links · 3
Toltec → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Cause of collapse · 1
Toltec → Arrival of Chichimec peoples who conquered Tula
Dates · 1
Toltec → c. 950–1168 AD
Followed by · 1
Toltec → League of Mayapan, Totonacapan, Azcapotzalco, Acolhua, Ecatepec, Chalco
Geographical range · 1
Toltec → Mesoamerica (historically)

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tula aztec culture toltecs tollan history mesoamerica period quetzalcoatl chichén sources also nahuatl state hidalgo itzá scholars grande influence sites

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ToltecCause of collapseArrival of Chichimec peoples who conquered Tula1.00infobox
ToltecDatesc. 950–1168 AD1.00infobox
ToltecFollowed byLeague of Mayapan, Totonacapan, Azcapotzalco, Acolhua, Ecatepec, Chalco1.00infobox
ToltecGeographical rangeMesoamerica (historically)1.00infobox
ToltecLanguageNahuatl, Otomi1.00infobox
ToltecMajor sitesTollan-Xicocotitlan (capital), Huapalcalco1.00infobox
ToltecPeriodPostclassic Period1.00infobox
ToltecPreceded byTeotihuacan, Calakmul, Mezcala culture, Otomi, Chupícuaro, Coba, Chichen Itza, Puuc1.00infobox
ToltecReligionToltec religion1.00infobox
Socunusco supplement this idea.Additionallyinstance ofshared ceramic and ritual figurine styles between Tula and regions0.80text
surveys of Tula Grande have suggested the existence of aninstance ofshared ceramic and ritual figurine styles between Tula and regions0.80text
Mariano Veytiainstance ofMesoamericanist scholars0.80text

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