Nahua cultural sphere
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The Nahua cultural sphere encompasses the interconnected Mesoamerican peoples, languages, traditions, and polities associated with Nahuatl-speaking groups, including but not limited to the Aztecs and their allies.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aztec cultural sphere | 1 |
| Nahua cultural area | 1 |
| Nahua cultural sphere canonical | 1 |
| Nahua culture | 1 |
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican cultural area
ⓘ
cultural sphere ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Acolhua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aztecs NERFINISHED ⓘ Chalca NERFINISHED ⓘ Huexotzinca NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexica people NERFINISHED ⓘ Nahua peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Nahuatl language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pipil people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tepanec NERFINISHED ⓘ Texcocans NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlaxcalans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuedInto | colonial New Spain ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
Basin of Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of El Salvador ⓘ |
| hasCoreLanguage | Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCosmology | Five Suns myth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
codex production
ⓘ
oratory ⓘ poetry (in xochitl in cuicatl) ⓘ |
| hasDeity |
Huitzilopochtli
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quetzalcoatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Tezcatlipoca NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlaloc NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonantzin NERFINISHED ⓘ Xipe Totec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
chinampa agriculture
ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ tribute system ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
calmecac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
calpulli ⓘ telpochcalli ⓘ |
| hasLegalSource | indigenous cabildo records ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalForm |
city-state (altepetl)
ⓘ
triple alliance ⓘ |
| hasReligion | polytheism ⓘ |
| hasRitualPractice |
bloodletting
ⓘ
calendar festivals ⓘ human sacrifice ⓘ |
| hasSocialStructure |
commoners (macehualtin)
ⓘ
nobility (pipiltin) ⓘ serfs (mayehqueh) ⓘ slaves (tlacotin) ⓘ |
| hasTextualSource |
Annals of Tlatelolco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Codex Mendoza NERFINISHED ⓘ Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingTradition |
logographic writing
ⓘ
phonetic elements in writing ⓘ pictographic writing ⓘ |
| influenced |
colonial Nahua Christianity
ⓘ
modern Nahua communities in Mexico ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Teotihuacan legacy
ⓘ
Toltec traditions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Postclassic period
ⓘ
Postclassic Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesCalendar |
tonalpohualli
ⓘ
xiuhpohualli ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nahua culture
this entity surface form:
Nahua cultural area