The Americas · Civilization

Teotihuacan metropolis

c. 1-650 CE · Basin of Mexico

Teotihuacan became a planned, multiethnic metropolis whose political, religious, craft and trade connections reached across Mesoamerica.

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How the setting appeared

A gridded city of monumental pyramids, plazas, murals, workshops and more than two thousand residential compounds filled the valley.

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How people lived

Families inhabited apartment compounds and neighborhood communities, including migrants who maintained regional foods, crafts and mortuary customs.

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How people worked

Obsidian production, ceramics, construction, farming, trade and administration sustained the city and its distant relationships.

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Belief, ritual and worship

Temples, offerings, murals and burials attest rain, fertility, warfare and origin traditions; many depicted beings remain unnamed or debated.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-TEOTIHUACAN-AMERICASCIT-MET-ANCIENT-AMERICAS Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Classical regional worlds
Region: North America · Basin of Mexico
Languages and scripts: Unknown and likely multilingual; no single language is securely established
Important people: Named rulers remain unidentified
Events and changes: Planned urban expansion; Long-distance intervention and exchange; Seventh-century political fragmentation
Evidence confidence: High for urban archaeology; medium for political structure and low for ruler identities and principal language.

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Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

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Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-UNESCO-TEOTIHUACAN-AMERICAS

Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/414

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

CIT-MET-ANCIENT-AMERICAS

Arts of the Ancient Americas

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/arts-of-the-ancient-americas/inside-the-exhibition

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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