Tlaxcalans

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The Tlaxcalans are an Indigenous Nahua people of central Mexico known for their independent city-state confederation and pivotal alliance with the Spanish during the conquest of the Aztec Empire.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Nahua people ⓘ
allyOf Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
capital Tlaxcala (pre-Hispanic city-state) ⓘ
linked to: Tlaxcala City
colonialStatus allied Indigenous republic under Spanish rule ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
crop amaranth ⓘ
beans ⓘ
chili peppers ⓘ
maize ⓘ
culture Mesoamerican civilization ⓘ
demography population declined after European contact ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Tlaxcala ⓘ
heritageStatus recognized Indigenous people in modern Mexico ⓘ
historicalPeriod Postclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ
knownFor alliance with the Spanish during the conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
independent city-state confederation ⓘ
resistance to Aztec expansion ⓘ
language Nahuatl ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
mainDeity Camaxtli ⓘ
linked to: Mixcoatl
migratedTo New Spain frontier regions ⓘ
Northern Mexico (colonial resettlements) ⓘ
Texas (colonial resettlements) ⓘ
militaryRole auxiliaries in Spanish campaigns ⓘ
modernLanguageStatus Nahuatl still spoken by some Tlaxcalans ⓘ
opponentOf Aztec Empire ⓘ
Triple Alliance ⓘ
partOf Nahua peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nahua
politicalStructure confederation of city-states ⓘ
republican council system ⓘ
produced Lienzo de Tlaxcala ⓘ
received special privileges from the Spanish Crown ⓘ
region Central Mexico ⓘ
religion Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican religion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialStructure commoners ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
serfs ⓘ
tookPartIn Battle of Cholula ⓘ
Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
traditionalCraft ceramics ⓘ
textile weaving ⓘ
used chinampa agriculture (to a limited extent) ⓘ
writingSystem pictographic codices ⓘ

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

Tlaxcala → inhabitedBy → Tlaxcalans ⓘ
San Miguel Chapel → usedBy → Tlaxcalan Indian community ⓘ
linked to: Tlaxcalans
Siege of Tenochtitlan → belligerent → Tlaxcalan allies ⓘ
linked to: Tlaxcalans
massacre at Tóxcatl in Tenochtitlan → mainBelligerent → Tlaxcalan allies of the Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Tlaxcalans
massacre at Tóxcatl in Tenochtitlan → perpetrator → Tlaxcalan warriors allied to the Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Tlaxcalans
Xipe Totec → worshippedBy → Tlaxcalans ⓘ
Nahuatl-speaking peoples → includes → Tlaxcaltecs ⓘ
linked to: Tlaxcalans
Tlaxcalan leadership → ethnicGroup → Tlaxcalans ⓘ
Tlaxcalan leadership → relatedTo → Tlaxcalan confederation ⓘ
linked to: Tlaxcalans
Tlahuica people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tlaxcaltec people ⓘ
linked to: Tlaxcalans
Battle of Cholula → supportedBy → Tlaxcalans ⓘ
Cholulteca → interactedWith → Tlaxcalans ⓘ