Texcoco polity

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican polity
altepetl
pre-Columbian city-state
alliedWith Tenochtitlan
Tlacopan
associatedWith Aztec Empire
Lake Texcoco
capital Texcoco (city)
conqueredBy Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistadors
culture Acolhua
economy agriculture
craft production
tribute collection
era Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
ethnicGroup Acolhua people
fallDate early 1520s
flourished 15th century
early 16th century
governmentType monarchy
hasCulturalHeritage Nahuatl literary tradition
pre-Columbian architecture
hasInstitution royal court of Texcoco
schools for nobles (calmecac)
hasLegalSystem codified laws under Nezahualcoyotl
knownFor arts and culture
engineering works
law code
poetry
scholarship
language Classical Nahuatl
locatedIn Central Mexico
Valley of Mexico
locatedOn eastern shore of Lake Texcoco
modernLocation State of Mexico, Mexico
notableRuler Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualpilli
partOf Aztec Triple Alliance
predecessor Acolhua chiefdoms
region eastern Basin of Mexico
religion Aztec religion
Mesoamerican polytheism
roleInAlliance principal member of the Aztec Triple Alliance
rulerTitle tlatoani
sharesTributeWith Tenochtitlan
Tlacopan

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Texcoco polity ("royal court of Texcoco")
hasInstitution
Valley of Mexico
historicallyHosted

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