Mexica

E89393

Nahua people ethnic group indigenous people

The Mexica were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of central Mexico who founded the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and became the dominant power in the Aztec Empire.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Mexica canonical	51
Aztecs	13
Mexica people	12
Aztec	5
Mexica civilization	2
Tenochca royal dynasty	2
Aztec (Mexica)	1
Aztec peoples	1
Mexica (Aztec)	1
Mexica (Aztec) forces of Tenochtitlan	1
Mexica (Aztecs)	1
Mexica of Tenochtitlan	1
Mexica warriors of Tenochtitlan	1
Tenochca Mexica	1
Tenochca dynasty	1
Tenochca ruling dynasty	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nahua people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
agriculturalTechnique	chinampas ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Historic Centre of Mexico City ⓘ surface form: Historic Center of Mexico City Templo Mayor ⓘ surface form: Templo Mayor archaeological zone
capitalFounded	Tenochtitlan ⓘ
conquestCompleted	1521 ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
culturalArea	Mesoamerica ⓘ
defeatedBy	Hernán Cortés ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
dominantPowerIn	Aztec Empire ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ tribute system ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	central Mexico ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage	Nahuatl ⓘ
founded	1325 ⓘ
gaveNameTo	Mexico ⓘ
language	Nahuatl ⓘ
locatedIn	Valley of Mexico ⓘ
mainCity	Tenochtitlan ⓘ
mainCrops	beans ⓘ chili peppers ⓘ maize ⓘ squash ⓘ
mainTemple	Templo Mayor ⓘ
majorDeity	Huitzilopochtli ⓘ Quetzalcoatl ⓘ Tezcatlipoca ⓘ Tlaloc ⓘ
militaryPractice	flower wars ⓘ
partOf	Aztec Empire ⓘ surface form: Aztec civilization
politicalStructure	city-state alliance ⓘ imperial tributary system ⓘ
practiced	human sacrifice ⓘ
regionNowIn	Mexico ⓘ
religion	Aztec religion ⓘ polytheism ⓘ
rulingTitle	tlatoani ⓘ
selfDesignation	Mexica self-link ⓘ
socialClass	macehualtin ⓘ pipiltin ⓘ pochteca ⓘ tlacotin ⓘ
subgroupOf	Aztecs ⓘ
successorState	Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
usedCalendar	tonalpohualli ⓘ xiuhpohualli ⓘ
writingSystem	Aztec pictographic writing ⓘ

Referenced by (95)

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

Tenochtitlan founding legend → associatedWithPeople → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aztecs

Tenochtitlan → foundedBy → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aztecs

Tenochtitlan → mainEthnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ

Moctezuma II → memberOfDynasty → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tenochca royal dynasty

Moctezuma II → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ

Triple Alliance → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ

Cuitláhuac → ethnicity → Mexica ⓘ

Cuitláhuac → dynasty → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tenochca ruling dynasty

La Noche Triste → mainBelligerent → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica (Aztec) forces of Tenochtitlan

La Noche Triste → combatant → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica warriors of Tenochtitlan

Cuauhtémoc → ethnicity → Mexica ⓘ

Nahuan languages → historicallySpokenBy → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica people

Huitzilopochtli → culture → Mexica ⓘ

Huitzilopochtli → patronOf → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica people

Huitzilopochtli → worshipedBy → Mexica ⓘ

Lake Texcoco → associatedWithCulture → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica people

Aztec Hall → dedicatedTo → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica civilization

Aztec Hall → associatedWith → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica people

Templo Mayor → civilization → Mexica ⓘ

Templo Mayor → builtBy → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica people

Nahua → historicallyAssociatedWith → Mexica ⓘ

Piedra del Sol → civilization → Mexica ⓘ

Tlacopan polity → culture → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aztec

Tlatelolco → partOf → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica civilization

Tlatelolco → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ

Tlatelolco → foundedBy → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica people

Mexica → selfDesignation → Mexica self-link ⓘ

Codex Boturini → culture → Mexica ⓘ

Codex Boturini → ethnicGroupAssociated → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica people

Codex Boturini → associatedWithPeople → Mexica ⓘ

Codex Mendoza → culture → Mexica ⓘ

Ahuitzotl → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ

Ahuitzotl → dynasty → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tenochca royal dynasty

Itzcoatl → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ

Itzcoatl → culture → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aztec

indigenous peoples of the Americas → includesEthnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ

subject surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas

this entity surface form: Aztec (Mexica)

Isabel Moctezuma → culture → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aztec

Xochicueyetl → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ

Tepanec War → hasParticipant → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica (Aztecs)

Siege of Tenochtitlan → opponent → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexica of Tenochtitlan

Axayacatl → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aztec

Pedro Moctezuma → ethnicity → Mexica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aztec

Pedro Moctezuma → culture → Mexica ⓘ

Cuauhtemotzin → ethnicity → Mexica ⓘ

Guatimozín → civilization → Mexica ⓘ

Teotlalco → culture → Mexica ⓘ

Teotlalco → ethnicity → Mexica ⓘ