Chalca people

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The Chalca people were a pre-Hispanic Nahua group of central Mexico known for their city-states around Lake Chalco and their eventual incorporation into the Aztec Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nahua people
indigenous people of Mexico
archaeologicalEvidenceFoundIn Chalco region NERFINISHED
conflictWith Mexica people NERFINISHED
conqueredBy Aztec Empire NERFINISHED
Mexica rulers of Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED
continent North America
country Mexico
culturallyRelatedTo Mexica people NERFINISHED
Tlahuica people NERFINISHED
Xochimilca people NERFINISHED
culture pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican culture
economyBasedOn agriculture
fishing
trade
ethnicGroupOf central Mexico
existedBefore Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire NERFINISHED
followed Mesoamerican religion
hadCityState Amecameca NERFINISHED
Ayapango NERFINISHED
Chalco NERFINISHED
Tenango del Aire NERFINISHED
Tlalmanalco NERFINISHED
hadClass commoners (macehualtin)
nobility (pipiltin)
hadPoliticalStructure city-state (altepetl)
incorporatedInto Aztec Empire NERFINISHED
knownFor agricultural productivity
lake-based resources
resistance to Mexica expansion
legacy toponyms in the Chalco region of modern State of Mexico
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Lake Chalco region NERFINISHED
Valley of Mexico NERFINISHED
neighborOf Mexica people NERFINISHED
Tlahuica people NERFINISHED
Xochimilca people NERFINISHED
participatedIn regional trade networks of the Valley of Mexico
partOf Mesoamerica NERFINISHED
Nahua civilization NERFINISHED
period Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
practiced chinampa agriculture
religiousCenter Chalco NERFINISHED
religiousPractice veneration of Mesoamerican deities
socialStructure stratified society
spokeLanguage Nahuatl NERFINISHED
subjectTo Spanish colonial rule after conquest
timeOfConquest 15th century
tributaryTo Aztec Triple Alliance NERFINISHED
Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED
usedCalendarSystem Mesoamerican calendar NERFINISHED

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Chalco Valley preHispanicInhabitants Chalca people