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 → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Texcoco polity
("royal court of Texcoco")
→
|
hasInstitution |
|
Valley of Mexico
→
|
historicallyHosted |