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Why did they named the city of gods teotihuacan?
because city of gods means teotihuacan in there language
What is the real name for City of Gods in Mexico?
Teotihuacan
Who did the Aztecs believe had built Teotihuacan?
The Aztecs believed that the ancient city of Teotihuacan was built by the gods. They revered Teotihuacan as a sacred place of great importance in their cosmology.
What was the first major city in mesoamerica and what does its name mean?
Teotihuacan It Means "Place of Gods"
What civilization built the city of Teotihuacan?
It was a city built by the Teotihuacan people on 100 BC. It is usually mistaken to be of Aztec origin, but it is not the case: the Aztecs flourished as an independent civilization in 1325 AD, almost 1400 years after Teotihuacan was built. In fact, nobody knows for sure what is the actual name of the city; when the Aztecs discovered it, they called it as Teotihuacan (City of the gods) due to the gargantuan architecture of the place. It however, had been abandoned for centuries.
What is Teotihuacan also know as?
Teotihuacan is also named "place were gods are born"
What is the Teotihuacan capital?
Teotihuacan was a city-state (e.g. it was its own capital) built some 800 years before Aztecs arrived to the Mexico City valley in 1325. By the time the Aztecs found the city, it was already abandoned. In fact, the actual name of the city was lost in the sands of time, so the Aztecs named it as Teotihuacan ("City of the Gods").
What is the city's most famous structure called Teotihuacan?
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How do you spell teotakocatan?
Do you mean 'Teotihuacan' (The City of the Gods, in Mexico)? Or perhaps 'Tutankhamen' (famed ancient Egyptian ruler)?
What happened to the people of Teotihuacan?
Nobody really knows for sure; when Aztecs found the ruins in the 12th century, they named the city as Teotihuacan (City of the Gods). It is believed an invasion from neighboring Olmecs put an end to such civilization.
Who was Teotihuacan ruled by?
Unknown. When the Aztecs discovered the city, it was already abandoned; Teotihuacan was the name with which the Aztecs called the city (that means "city of the Gods"). Nowadays, the original name of the city, the ethnicity of its inhabitants, their names and the reasons for their downfall is still unknown.
Which does not describe the city of teotihuacan?
The phrase "It was used by the Roman Gladiators" does not describe the city of Teotihuacan.
