Totonac polity of Cempoala
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The Totonac polity of Cempoala was a major pre-Columbian city-state on the Gulf Coast of Mexico, known for its large urban center, distinctive circular temples, and its pivotal alliance with Hernán Cortés against the Aztec Empire.
All labels observed (1)
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| Totonac polity of Cempoala canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15820273 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Totonac polity of Cempoala Context triple: [Xicomecoatl, country, Totonac polity of Cempoala]
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A.
Texcoco polity
Texcoco polity was a major pre-Columbian city-state and cultural center in central Mexico, renowned as one of the principal members of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
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B.
Tlacopan polity
Tlacopan polity was a pre-Columbian city-state in central Mexico that formed part of the Aztec Triple Alliance alongside Tenochtitlan and Texcoco.
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C.
Kʼicheʼ Maya polity
The Kʼicheʼ Maya polity was a powerful pre-Columbian highland Maya kingdom in what is now Guatemala, known for its complex social organization, military strength, and role in resisting early Spanish conquest.
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D.
Kaqchikel Maya kingdom
The Kaqchikel Maya kingdom was a powerful highland Maya polity centered in what is now Guatemala, known for its complex social organization, fortified cities, and resistance to early Spanish conquest.
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E.
Chichimec polity
The Chichimec polity was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican political entity of semi-nomadic peoples in central Mexico that played a significant role in the region’s early post-Classic period power dynamics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Totonac polity of Cempoala Target entity description: The Totonac polity of Cempoala was a major pre-Columbian city-state on the Gulf Coast of Mexico, known for its large urban center, distinctive circular temples, and its pivotal alliance with Hernán Cortés against the Aztec Empire.
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A.
Texcoco polity
Texcoco polity was a major pre-Columbian city-state and cultural center in central Mexico, renowned as one of the principal members of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
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B.
Tlacopan polity
Tlacopan polity was a pre-Columbian city-state in central Mexico that formed part of the Aztec Triple Alliance alongside Tenochtitlan and Texcoco.
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C.
Kʼicheʼ Maya polity
The Kʼicheʼ Maya polity was a powerful pre-Columbian highland Maya kingdom in what is now Guatemala, known for its complex social organization, military strength, and role in resisting early Spanish conquest.
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D.
Kaqchikel Maya kingdom
The Kaqchikel Maya kingdom was a powerful highland Maya polity centered in what is now Guatemala, known for its complex social organization, fortified cities, and resistance to early Spanish conquest.
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E.
Chichimec polity
The Chichimec polity was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican political entity of semi-nomadic peoples in central Mexico that played a significant role in the region’s early post-Classic period power dynamics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Xicomecoatl