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The Toltec Empire collapsed around 1150 CE. This shows some of the Toltec ruins in Mexico.
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'Xipe Totec' (12th–13th century) from Mexico, possibly Aztec culture. Ceramic, pigment, 54.875 x 17.25 x 12.5 in. via the Met, NYC
The Toltecs MexicanHistory.org MexicanHistory.org Mexican history from ancient times to today
The Toltecs~ my favs in Mexican history.
TOLTEC WARRIOR Tula Mexico by John Mitchell
✮ One of the Toltec Warrior sculptures or Atlantean Men on top of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl at the ruins of Tula, Hidalgo state, Mexico
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Toltec warriors. Ancient ruins of Tula de Allende, home of the Atlantean figures and the characteristic chacmools. In the state of Hidalgo, Mexico.
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The Militaristic Toltecs were the givers of civilization. They had a large empire beyond central Mexico; they expanded rule to Yucatan and former Mayan regions. They even ruled as north as south-west America.
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Building 3. Quiahuiztlan Toltec Archaeological Ruins, Veracruz, Mexico. Travel & Tour Pictures, Photos, & Information.
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The Toltec culture is an archaeological Mesoamerican culture that dominated a state centered in Tula, in the early post-classic period of Mesoamerican chronology (ca 800–1000 CE). The later Aztec culture saw the Toltecs as their intellectual and cultural predecessors and described Toltec culture emanating from Tōllān [ˈtoːlːaːn] (Nahuatl for Tula) as the epitome of civilization;
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Pre-Columbian art Mexico - Pre-Columbian Toltec civilization. Painted stone stele of the birth of Quetzalcoatl. From Xochicalco.
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Toltecs had no writing language, but appeared before the Aztecs settled down in present day Mexico City. Toltecs settled in Tula, "the Place of the Reeds" in 968 as their capital. They were "master stone carvers" and smelt metal. Their civilization collapsed around 1150.