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Tula (Otomi: Mämeni) is a Mesoamerican archeological site, which was an important regional center which reached its height as the capital of the Toltec Empire between the fall of Teotihuacan and the rise of Tenochtitlan.
Tula, ancient capital of the Toltecs in Mexico, it was primarily important from approximately 850 to 1150 ce. Although its exact location is not certain, an archaeological site near the contemporary town of Tula in Hidalgo state has been the persistent choice of historians.
The Toltec culture (/ ˈ t ɒ l t ɛ k /) was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture that ruled a state centered in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico, during the Epiclassic and the early Post-Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology, reaching prominence from 950 to 1150 CE. [1]
The archaeological ruins of Tula (also called Tula de Hidalgo), represent the ancient Toltec capital city of Tollan and hold some fascinating friezes.
The Toltec Empire,[4] Toltec Kingdom[5] or Altepetl Tollan[1] was a political entity in pre-Hispanic Mexico. It existed through the classic and post-classic periods of Mesoamerican chronology, but gained most of its power in the post-classic.
Toltec, Nahuatl-speaking tribe who held sway over what is now central Mexico from the 10th to the 12th century ce. The name has many meanings: an “urbanite,” a “cultured” person, and, literally, the “reed person,” derived from their urban centre, Tollan (“Place of the Reeds”), near the modern town.
Atop a platform pyramid in the ruins of the ancient city of Tula, these menacing figures of four colossal warriors tower over visitors, displaying the power and ferocity of the mysterious...