Toltec civilization

E30683

Mesoamerican civilization archaeological culture pre-Columbian culture

The Toltec civilization was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture centered at Tula that significantly influenced later societies such as the Aztecs through its art, architecture, and religious traditions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Toltec civilization canonical	11
Toltec	10
Toltec culture	4
Maya-Toltec	2
Toltec mythology	2
Toltecs	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mesoamerican civilization ⓘ archaeological culture ⓘ pre-Columbian culture ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidenceAt	Tula ⓘ surface form: Tula Chico Tula ⓘ surface form: Tula Grande
architectureInfluenced	Templo Mayor ⓘ surface form: Aztec architecture
artStyleInfluenced	Aztec art ⓘ
cultivatedCrop	beans ⓘ chili peppers ⓘ maize ⓘ squash ⓘ
declinePeriod	late 12th century ⓘ
documentedBy	post-Conquest Aztec chronicles ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Toltec civilization self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Toltecs
flourishedInCentury	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ
hasCapital	Tula ⓘ
hasImportantStructure	Pyramid B at Tula ⓘ ballcourts ⓘ colonnaded halls ⓘ palatial complexes ⓘ
hasLanguage	Nahuatl ⓘ
hasMajorSite	Tula de Allende ⓘ
hasMythicReputation	Tollan as a place of origin of civilization ⓘ
hasRulingTitle	tlatoani ⓘ
influenced	Aztec Empire ⓘ surface form: Aztec civilization Maya civilization ⓘ Mixtec civilization ⓘ
knownFor	atlantean figures ⓘ colossal warrior statues ⓘ feathered serpent iconography ⓘ militaristic ideology ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ relief sculpture ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Mexico ⓘ Mesoamerica ⓘ
majorDeity	Quetzalcoatl ⓘ Tezcatlipoca ⓘ Tlaloc ⓘ
politicalStructure	city-state ⓘ military aristocracy ⓘ
religion	Mesoamerican polytheism ⓘ
religionInfluenced	Aztec mythology ⓘ surface form: Aztec religion
successorCulture	Aztec Empire ⓘ
usedCalendar	260-day ritual calendar ⓘ 365-day solar calendar ⓘ Mesoamerican Long Count calendar ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Mesoamerica → knownFor → Toltec civilization ⓘ

Pre-Columbian era → includesCivilization → Toltec civilization ⓘ

Valley of Mexico → historicallyHosted → Toltec civilization ⓘ

Aztec Empire → influencedBy → Toltec civilization ⓘ

Central Mexico → preColumbianCulture → Toltec civilization ⓘ

Nahuan languages → historicallySpokenBy → Toltec civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Toltecs

Quetzalcoatl → culture → Toltec civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Toltec culture

Quetzalcoatl → mythologicalCycle → Toltec civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Toltec mythology

Toltec civilization → ethnicGroup → Toltec civilization self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Toltecs

Great Pyramid of Cholula → associatedCulture → Toltec civilization ⓘ