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850 BCE
Toltecs
Some of its main centers were Huapalcalco, Tulancingo and its capital city, Tollan-Xicocotitlan. This city is famous for its unique stone statues, called atlantes, and it is the Toltec site par excellence. 7 Most probably they played an important role in the political, economic, social, religious and cultural processes that landed in the fall of Teotihuacán when Tula Chico began to urbanize and flourish. -
850 BCE
Economy
The base of the Toltec economy was agriculture and the taxes imposed on the conquered peoples. Agriculture focused on cultivating fields irrigated by a complex system of canals. There corn, beans and other characteristic vegetables of the Mesoamerican region were harvested. -
850 BCE
Monuments
The Archaeological Zone of Tula is the most important of the Toltec culture. It is made up of a set of buildings with a deep religious symbolism such as the Central Altar, the Coatepantli or Wall of Serpents, the Burnt Palace, the Ball Games and the Tzompantli. -
850 BCE
Tula
It is located in the Mezquital Valley region, with geographic coordinates 20° 03' 18.791" north latitude and 99° 20' 35.48" west longitude, with an altitude of 2022 m s. no. m.9 It has a temperate semi-dry climate, registering an annual temperature of 17.6 °C, a rainfall of 699 mm. per year and its rainy season is from May to September..101112 -
850 BCE
Tula history
The city was founded by Ce Ácatl Topiltzin Quetzalcóatl, a sovereign who brought great prosperity to the region, which was cut short due to the confrontation between followers of the god Quetzalcóátl and Tezcatlipoca, gods who were tremendously at odds in Aztec mythology. Finally the followers of the "night god" (Tezcatlipoca) expelled the Toltecs who professed their belief in the feathered serpent (Quetzalcóatl), and they had to migrate south towards the gulf. -
850 BCE
Main Centers
The main centers were Huapalcalco in Tulancingo and the city of Tollan-Xicocotitlan, located in what is now known as Tula de Allende, located in state of Hidalgo.