Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan was a state in Central and West Mexico (Mesoamerica and Caribbean) that lasted from c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, about 649 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

The largest city of the Americas in its time, with perhaps 100,000 people around 450, laid out on the Avenue of the Dead with the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon. Its center was burned around 550.

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Facts

Dates

c. 100 BCE to 550 CE

Duration

649 years

Type

State

Region

Central and West Mexico, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Events in Mesoamerica and Caribbean during its time

• 32 BCE Early Long Count date at Tres Zapotes
• 200 Pyramid of the Sun completed
• 378 Teotihuacan intervenes at Tikal

Neighbours in Mesoamerica and Caribbean

• Zapotec state (Monte Albán) c. 500 BCE to 850 CE
• Tikal (Mutal) c. 90 to 900 CE
• El Mirador c. 600 BCE to 150 CE
• Kaan kingdom (Calakmul) c. 400 to 900 CE
• Cholula c. 300 BCE to 1519 CE
• Kaminaljuyu c. 800 BCE to 800 CE
• Caracol 331 to 859 CE
• Copan 426 to 822 CE
• Palenque (Baakal) 431 to 799 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe

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