Acolhua

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The Acolhua were a Nahua-speaking Mesoamerican people of central Mexico, closely allied with the Aztecs and centered in the city-state of Texcoco.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Acolhua canonical 14
Acolhua people 6
Acolhua chiefdoms 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican people ⓘ
Nahua people ⓘ
affectedByEvent Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
alliedWith Aztecs ⓘ
linked to: Aztec Empire
architectureStyle Mesoamerican temple-pyramid architecture ⓘ
artStyle Central Mexican Postclassic art ⓘ
capital Texcoco ⓘ
centeredIn Texcoco ⓘ
conqueredBy Spanish Empire ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
cosmologyType Mesoamerican cosmology ⓘ
cultureArea Mesoamerica ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tribute collection ⓘ
engagedIn warfare alongside Aztec allies ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Central Mexico ⓘ
floruit 14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
early 16th century ⓘ
governedFrom Texcoco palace complex ⓘ
hadEducationSystem calmecac-style elite education ⓘ
hadLegalTradition codified laws in Texcoco ⓘ
hasDemonym Acolhua ⓘ
Acolhuan ⓘ
linked to: Nahua
knownFor Texcoco as a major cultural and intellectual center ⓘ
participation in Aztec imperial expansion ⓘ
languageSpoken Nahua languages ⓘ
linked to: Nahuan languages
locatedInPresentDay Mexico ⓘ
majorCity Texcoco ⓘ
memberOf Nahua cultural sphere ⓘ
partOf Aztec cultural sphere ⓘ
Triple Alliance ⓘ
politicalOrganization city-state system (altepetl) ⓘ
politicalStatus ally and partner of the Mexica of Tenochtitlan ⓘ
preColumbian true ⓘ
region Valley of Mexico ⓘ
religion Mesoamerican polytheism ⓘ
ruledBy tlatoani ⓘ
socialStructure stratified society with nobility and commoners ⓘ
spokeDialectOf Classical Nahuatl ⓘ
timePeriod Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
tripleAlliancePartnerWith Mexica ⓘ
Tepanecs ⓘ
linked to: Tepanec
used chinampa agriculture (in parts of their territory) ⓘ
usedCalendar Mesoamerican calendar ⓘ
usedMaterial cotton textiles ⓘ
obsidian tools ⓘ
stone for monumental construction ⓘ
usedWritingSystem Mesoamerican pictographic writing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Triple Alliance → ethnicGroup → Acolhua ⓘ
Texcoco polity → culture → Acolhua ⓘ
Texcoco polity → ethnicGroup → Acolhua people ⓘ
linked to: Acolhua
Texcoco polity → predecessor → Acolhua chiefdoms ⓘ
linked to: Acolhua
Tepanec War → hasParticipant → Acolhua people ⓘ
linked to: Acolhua
Texcoco → capitalOf → Acolhua people ⓘ
linked to: Acolhua
Texcoco → ethnicAffiliation → Acolhua ⓘ
Acolhua → hasDemonym → Acolhua ⓘ
Nezahualpilli → ethnicGroup → Acolhua ⓘ
Chicomoztoc → associatedWithPeople → Culhua ⓘ
linked to: Acolhua
Nezahualcoyotl → ethnicGroup → Acolhua ⓘ
Codex Xolotl → culture → Acolhua ⓘ
Acolhua region → associatedWith → Acolhua people ⓘ
linked to: Acolhua
Acolhua region → ethnicallyDominatedBy → Acolhua people ⓘ
linked to: Acolhua
Huexotla → associatedWith → Acolhua people ⓘ
linked to: Acolhua
Nezahualpilli → ethnicity → Acolhua ⓘ
subject linked to: tlatoani of Texcoco
Azcalxochitzin → culture → Acolhua ⓘ