Mexica

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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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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Mexica people 7
Aztec 2
Aztecs 2

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 (37)

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

Aztec Hall → associatedWith → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexica people
this entity surface form: Mexica people
this entity surface form: Aztecs
Templo Mayor → builtBy → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexica people
Templo Mayor → civilization → Mexica ⓘ
La Noche Triste → combatant → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexica warriors of Tenochtitlan
Codex Boturini → culture → Mexica ⓘ
Codex Mendoza → culture → Mexica ⓘ
Huitzilopochtli → culture → Mexica ⓘ
Itzcoatl → culture → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec
Tlacopan polity → culture → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec
Aztec Hall → dedicatedTo → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexica civilization
Ahuitzotl → dynasty → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenochca royal dynasty
Cuitláhuac → dynasty → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenochca ruling dynasty
Ahuitzotl → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ
Itzcoatl → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ
Moctezuma II → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ
Tlatelolco → ethnicGroup → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexica people
Cuauhtémoc → ethnicity → Mexica ⓘ
Cuitláhuac → ethnicity → Mexica ⓘ
Tenochtitlan → foundedBy → Mexica ⓘ
Tenochtitlan → foundedBy → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztecs
Tlatelolco → foundedBy → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexica people
this entity surface form: Mexica people
this entity surface form: Mexica (Aztec) forces of Tenochtitlan
this entity surface form: Tenochca royal dynasty
Tlatelolco → partOf → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexica civilization
Huitzilopochtli → patronOf → Mexica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexica people
Mexica → selfDesignation → Mexica self-link ⓘ