Tepanec

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Mesoamerican civilization Nahua people

The Tepanec were a powerful Nahua-speaking people of central Mexico who dominated the Valley of Mexico before being defeated by the Aztec-led Triple Alliance in the 15th century.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tepanec canonical 3
Tlacopan 2
Tepanec people 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican civilization ⓘ
Nahua people ⓘ
agriculturalTechniques chinampa agriculture (in some areas) ⓘ
alliedWith Tenochtitlan ⓘ
surface form: Tenochtitlan (early 15th century)
capital Azcapotzalco ⓘ
conflictedWith Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Texcoco ⓘ
Tlacopan polity ⓘ
surface form: Tlacopan (before Triple Alliance formation)
conqueredBy Itzcoatl ⓘ
surface form: Itzcoatl of Tenochtitlan

Nezahualcoyotl ⓘ
surface form: Nezahualcoyotl of Texcoco
culturalSphere Central Mexican culture ⓘ
Nahua cultural sphere ⓘ
surface form: Nahua culture
defeatedBy Aztec Empire ⓘ
surface form: Aztec Triple Alliance

Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Texcoco ⓘ
Tlacopan polity ⓘ
surface form: Tlacopan
dominantIn Valley of Mexico ⓘ
dominantUntil 15th century ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
tribute ⓘ
engagedIn long-distance trade ⓘ
tribute collection ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Central Mexico ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Nahua ⓘ
historicalStatus pre-Columbian people ⓘ
language Nahua languages ⓘ
legacy influenced Aztec imperial model ⓘ
remembered in Aztec historical traditions ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Greater Mexico City metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Mexico City region
majorCity Azcapotzalco ⓘ
Coyoacán ⓘ
surface form: Coyoacan

Tacuba ⓘ
Tlacopan polity ⓘ
surface form: Tlacopan
notableRuler Maxtla ⓘ
Tezozomoc (Mexica noble) ⓘ
surface form: Tezozomoc of Azcapotzalco
pantheonSharedWith other Nahua peoples ⓘ
partOf Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
politicalOrganization city-state confederation ⓘ
politicalSystem altepetl-based monarchy ⓘ
region Valley of Mexico ⓘ
religion Mesoamerican religion ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ
rulingDynastyCenter Azcapotzalco ⓘ
spoke Classical Nahuatl (or related dialects) ⓘ
subgroupOf Nahua ⓘ
surface form: Nahua peoples
timePeriod Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
usedWritingSystem Mesoamerican pictographic writing ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Triple Alliance → ethnicGroup → Tepanec ⓘ
Tlacopan polity → predecessor → Tepanec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tepanec polities
Tlacopan polity → ethnicGroup → Tepanec ⓘ
Tepanec War → hasParticipant → Tepanec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tepanec people
Texcoco → sharesPowerWith → Tepanec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tlacopan
Moctezuma I → alliedCities → Tepanec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tlacopan
Acolhua → tripleAlliancePartnerWith → Tepanec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tepanecs
Chicomoztoc → associatedWithPeople → Tepanec ⓘ