Volume III · The Houses
Teotihuacan
City-state that arose in the Basin of Mexico around 100 BC, in the central Mexican highlands northeast of the later site of Tenochtitlan
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01How it began
City-state that arose in the Basin of Mexico around 100 BC, in the central Mexican highlands northeast of the later site of Tenochtitlan
02At its height
c. 100-450 AD; with an estimated 100,000-200,000 inhabitants it was among the largest cities in the world, the dominant power and cultural fountainhead of Mesoamerica
Territory in the record
The city and the Basin of Mexico core, projecting economic, religious, and military influence across Mesoamerica as far as the Maya lowlands of Guatemala
03What became of it
Its monumental core was sacked and burned c. 550-650 AD and the city was largely depopulated; its very name and rulers were forgotten, and the later Aztecs named it 'the place where the gods were created'
04What remained
The Pyramids of the Sun and Moon and the Avenue of the Dead endure as a UNESCO World Heritage Site; its art, religion, and city planning shaped every later Mesoamerican civilization, the Aztecs included
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