Mexica

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The Mexica were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of central Mexico who founded the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and became the dominant power in the Aztec Empire.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Mexica (The Mexica were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of central Mexico who founded the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and became the dominant power in the Aztec Empire.)

All labels observed (19)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nahua people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
agriculturalTechnique chinampas ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Historic Center of Mexico City ⓘ
Templo Mayor archaeological zone ⓘ
linked to: Templo Mayor
capitalFounded Tenochtitlan ⓘ
conquestCompleted 1521 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
culturalArea Mesoamerica ⓘ
defeatedBy Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
dominantPowerIn Aztec Empire ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
tribute system ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf central Mexico ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Nahuatl ⓘ
founded 1325 ⓘ
gaveNameTo Mexico ⓘ
language Nahuatl ⓘ
locatedIn Valley of Mexico ⓘ
mainCity Tenochtitlan ⓘ
mainCrops beans ⓘ
chili peppers ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
mainTemple Templo Mayor ⓘ
majorDeity Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
Quetzalcoatl ⓘ
Tezcatlipoca ⓘ
Tlaloc ⓘ
militaryPractice flower wars ⓘ
partOf Aztec civilization ⓘ
linked to: Aztec Empire
politicalStructure city-state alliance ⓘ
imperial tributary system ⓘ
practiced human sacrifice ⓘ
regionNowIn Mexico ⓘ
religion Aztec religion ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ
rulingTitle tlatoani ⓘ
selfDesignation Mexica ⓘ
socialClass macehualtin ⓘ
pipiltin ⓘ
pochteca ⓘ
tlacotin ⓘ
subgroupOf Aztecs ⓘ
successorState Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
usedCalendar tonalpohualli ⓘ
xiuhpohualli ⓘ
writingSystem Aztec pictographic writing ⓘ

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Referenced by (161)

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

Tenochtitlan founding legend → associatedWithPeople → Aztecs ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Tenochtitlan → foundedBy → Mexica ⓘ
Tenochtitlan → foundedBy → Aztecs ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Moctezuma II → memberOfDynasty → Tenochca royal dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Moctezuma II → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ
Cuitláhuac → ethnicity → Mexica ⓘ
Cuitláhuac → dynasty → Tenochca ruling dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
La Noche Triste → mainBelligerent → Mexica (Aztec) forces of Tenochtitlan ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
La Noche Triste → combatant → Mexica warriors of Tenochtitlan ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Cuauhtémoc → ethnicity → Mexica ⓘ
Nahuan languages → historicallySpokenBy → Mexica people ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Huitzilopochtli → culture → Mexica ⓘ
Huitzilopochtli → patronOf → Mexica people ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Lake Texcoco → associatedWithCulture → Mexica people ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Aztec Hall → dedicatedTo → Mexica civilization ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Aztec Hall → associatedWith → Mexica people ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Templo Mayor → civilization → Mexica ⓘ
Templo Mayor → builtBy → Mexica people ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Tlacopan polity → culture → Aztec ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Tlatelolco → partOf → Mexica civilization ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Tlatelolco → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ
Tlatelolco → foundedBy → Mexica people ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Mexica → selfDesignation → Mexica ⓘ
Codex Boturini → culture → Mexica ⓘ
Codex Boturini → ethnicGroupAssociated → Mexica people ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Codex Mendoza → culture → Mexica ⓘ
Ahuitzotl → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ
Ahuitzotl → dynasty → Tenochca royal dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Itzcoatl → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ
Itzcoatl → culture → Aztec ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Indigenous peoples of the Americas → includesEthnicGroup → Aztec (Mexica) ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Isabel Moctezuma → culture → Aztec ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Xochicueyetl → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ
Tepanec War → hasParticipant → Mexica (Aztecs) ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Siege of Tenochtitlan → opponent → Mexica of Tenochtitlan ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Axayacatl → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ
Axayacatl → ethnicGroup → Aztec ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Pedro Moctezuma → ethnicity → Aztec ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
Pedro Moctezuma → culture → Mexica ⓘ
Cuauhtemotzin → ethnicity → Mexica ⓘ
Guatimozín → civilization → Mexica ⓘ
Teotlalco → culture → Mexica ⓘ
Teotlalco → ethnicity → Mexica ⓘ