Chichimec polity
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The Chichimec polity was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican political entity of semi-nomadic peoples in central Mexico that played a significant role in the region’s early post-Classic period power dynamics.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican polity
ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ pre-Columbian polity ⓘ |
| hasConflictType | intermittent warfare with settled neighbors ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRegion |
Aridoamerica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
frontier of Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| hasEconomyBasedOn |
hunting and gathering
ⓘ
limited agriculture ⓘ |
| hasEthnicComposition | Chichimec peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryRole | raiding neighboring settled societies ⓘ |
| hasMobilityPattern | seasonal migration ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalStructure |
loosely organized confederation
ⓘ
tribal chiefdoms ⓘ |
| hasPopulationType | semi-nomadic peoples ⓘ |
| hasReputation | fierce warriors ⓘ |
| hasSocialOrganization | clan-based groups ⓘ |
| hasTerritorialCharacter | frontier zone between nomadic and sedentary cultures ⓘ |
| influenced | later central Mexican political formations ⓘ |
| interactedWith |
Toltec polity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Nahua polities ⓘ sedentary Mesoamerican city-states ⓘ |
| involvedIn | post-Classic power dynamics in central Mexico ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs | barbarian frontier by some Mesoamerican chroniclers ⓘ |
| isDescribedIn | Mesoamerican ethnohistorical sources ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan languages (at least some groups) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesoamerica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Classic period Mesoamerican polities ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Postclassic period
ⓘ
early Postclassic period ⓘ |
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