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Toltecs have established a capitala at Tula, and they feel pushed around by Cholula
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Topiltson leaves Tula with his followers and heads to Southeast Mexico
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At this point in time, Cholula controls much of the Valley of Mexico as well as the Valley of Puebla
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The author, Tlaltecatzin lived between 1,357 and 1,409 C.E. and resided in the Chichimec dominions of Texcoco at a time when Texcoco was becoming the center of culture and wisdom. He was called a "composer of songs." This is the only known song of Tlaltecatzin; it shows the
"I come to guard the mountain,
somewhere is its story;
with flowers is painted
The Giver of life, the community.
You have been left in your home,
you, Tlaltecatzin,
you suspire there, you speak."