Teotihuacan civilization

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The Teotihuacan civilization was a major pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture centered in a vast, meticulously planned city famed for its monumental pyramids, complex urban layout, and far-reaching political and economic influence.

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Generate an image of the Teotihuacan civilization (The Teotihuacan civilization was a major pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture centered in a vast, meticulously planned city famed for its monumental pyramids, complex urban layout, and far-reaching political and economic influence.)

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Label Occurrences
Teotihuacan civilization canonical 24
Teotihuacan 11
Teotihuacan culture 5

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Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican civilization ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
pre-Columbian civilization ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Teotihuacan ⓘ
countryPresentLocation Mexico ⓘ
declineCause partly unknown ⓘ
declineHypothesis elite conflict ⓘ
environmental stress ⓘ
external pressures ⓘ
internal unrest ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
endTime c. 6th century CE ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Classic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
hasCapital Teotihuacan ⓘ
hasCenter Avenue of the Dead ⓘ
hasMajorStructure Ciudadela complex ⓘ
Pyramid of the Moon ⓘ
Pyramid of the Sun ⓘ
Temple of the Feathered Serpent ⓘ
multi-family apartment compounds ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site via city of Teotihuacan ⓘ
influenced Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Maya civilization ⓘ
Zapotec civilization ⓘ
other Central Mexican polities ⓘ
knownFor Avenue of the Dead ⓘ
Pyramid of the Moon ⓘ
Pyramid of the Sun ⓘ
Temple of the Feathered Serpent ⓘ
apartment compounds ⓘ
long-distance influence ⓘ
monumental pyramids ⓘ
murals ⓘ
obsidian trade ⓘ
planned urban layout ⓘ
language unknown ⓘ
locatedIn Basin of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Valley of Mexico

Central Mexico ⓘ
majorTradeGood ceramics ⓘ
obsidian ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
peakPeriod c. 250–550 CE ⓘ
populationPeakEstimate over 100000 inhabitants ⓘ
up to about 200000 inhabitants ⓘ
practiced human sacrifice ⓘ
region Mesoamerica ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
startTime c. 1st century BCE ⓘ
studiedBy archaeologists ⓘ
urbanPlanning monumental central axis ⓘ
orthogonal grid layout ⓘ
used talud-tablero architectural style ⓘ
wasOneOf largest cities in the pre-Columbian Americas ⓘ
largest cities in the world of its time ⓘ
writingSystem limited or debated evidence ⓘ

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Referenced by (42)

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

Mesoamerica → knownFor → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Mesoamerica → majorSite → Teotihuacan ⓘ
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Pre-Columbian era → includesCivilization → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Valley of Mexico → historicallyHosted → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Valley of Mexico → archaeologicalSites → Teotihuacan ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Aztec Empire → influencedBy → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Central Mexico → preColumbianCulture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Central Mexico → notableArchaeologicalSite → Teotihuacan ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Maya civilization → contemporaneousWith → Teotihuacan ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Quetzalcoatl → culture → Teotihuacan culture ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Teotihuacan civilization → hasCapital → Teotihuacan ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Teotihuacan civilization → archaeologicalSite → Teotihuacan ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Classic period in Mesoamerica → hasMajorCenter → Teotihuacan ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Great Pyramid of Cholula → associatedCulture → Teotihuacano ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Teotihuacan Hall → mainSubject → Teotihuacan ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
indigenous peoples of Mexico → historicalCivilization → Teotihuacan culture ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Cacaxtla → influencedBy → Teotihuacan ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Aztec mythology → influencedBy → Teotihuacan religion ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Temple of the Feathered Serpent at Teotihuacan → locatedIn → Teotihuacan ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Pyramid of the Moon → locatedIn → Teotihuacan ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Pyramid of the Moon → culture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Avenue of the Dead → culture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Pyramid of the Sun → culture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Ciudadela complex → associatedWithCulture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Classic Veracruz culture → influencedBy → Teotihuacan culture ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Mesoamerican chronology → includesCulture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
El Cerrito archaeological zone → hasCulturalAssociation → Teotihuacan culture ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Mesoamerican mythology → associatedWith → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Mesoamerican archaeology → relatedTo → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Olmec-Xicalanca → neighboringCultures → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Ciudadela complex at Teotihuacan → culture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Temple of Quetzalcoatl → culture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent → culture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Great Goddess of Teotihuacan → culture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Plaza of the Moon → culturalContext → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Teotihuacan archaeological site → culture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Feathered Serpent → culture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Mesoamerican ballgame → practicedBy → Teotihuacan culture ⓘ
linked to: Teotihuacan civilization
Early Classic period → hasMajorCulture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Pre-Columbian North America → includesCulture → Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ