Toltec civilization

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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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Label Occurrences
Toltec civilization canonical 11
Toltec 10
Toltec culture 4

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

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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
this entity surface form: Toltec
indigenous peoples of Mexico historicalCivilization Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec culture
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica archaeologicalCulture Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec culture
Tula culture Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec
Aztec mythology influencedBy Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec mythology
Tula de Allende associatedWith Toltec civilization
Tula de Allende capitalOf Toltec civilization
Tula de Allende culture Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec
Pyramid B at Tula culture Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec
Pyramid B at Tula associatedWith Toltec civilization
Temple of the Warriors architecturalStyle Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Maya-Toltec
Nunnery Complex hasArchitecturalStyle Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec
Nunnery Complex hasArchitecturalStyle Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Maya-Toltec
Mesoamerican chronology includesCulture Toltec civilization
archaeological zone of Cholula culture Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec
Tlachihualtepetl Pyramid culture Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec
Tlachihualtepetl culture Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec
Chacmool sculptures associatedWithCulture Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec
Xoloitzcuintle dog breed associatedCulture Toltec civilization
subject surface form: Xoloitzcuintle
El Cerrito archaeological zone hasCulturalAssociation Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec culture
Pyramid of El Cerrito associatedCulture Toltec civilization
this entity surface form: Toltec
Mesoamerican mythology associatedWith Toltec civilization