Teotihuacán

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November 6th, 2009 by Travel

Teotihuacán was once the largest city in the Americas and was a civilization and culture all its own. The city included most of central Mexico was virtually an empire that reigned supreme for many years, having been built around 200 BC and the large Pyramid of the Sun completed in 100AD.

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The city reached its highest point between 150 and 450 AD, when it was the dominant power comparable to the Roman Empire (and around the same era as well, although the Teotihuacán site did not last as long as Rome), with a population estimated at being as many as a quarter million. It is not known how the city collapsed but two of the theories are either an uprising against the higher classes or invasion and sacking by outside influences, whatever the cause the city declined from 400 AD until it sustained most of its minor damage in the 700’s. The city was multi-ethnic with Zapotec, Maya, and Miztec peoples along with the Nahua and of course the Totonacs (who have said they built it).

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