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Toltec Confederation

Type Object Region Mesoamerica Time c. 900–1150

The Toltec Confederation was a Postclassic political-military alliance centered on Tula in central Mexico, reaching its zenith around the 10th centur…

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  1. c. 900–980Tula · Hidalgo StateAfter the fall of Teotihuacan, the Toltecs established a new capital at Tula, integrating surrounding city-states into a military-religious alliance, renowned for the Temple of the Feathered Serpent and the Atlantean warrior columns.
  2. c. 1001–1010Tula · Hidalgo StateAround the early 10th century, the Toltec Confederation controlled trade networks from central Mexico to the Gulf Coast; military expansion and migration spread its cultural and religious influence as far as the Yucatan and the Guatemalan highlands.
  3. c. 1100–1150Tula · Hidalgo StateInternal power struggles, drought, and foreign invasion led to the burning of Tula and the dissolution of the confederation, though its cultural and religious legacy was inherited and mythologized by successor civilizations such as the Aztecs.

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