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===Teotihuacan===
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[[File:Tetitla Diosa de Jade.jpg|left|thumb|Goddess, mural painting from the Tetitla apartment complex at Teotihuacan, Mexico, 650–750 CE]]
Teotihuacan is an enormous [[archaeology|archaeological]] site in the [[Valley of Mexico|Basin of Mexico]], containing some of the largest [[Mesoamerican pyramid|pyramidal structures]] built in the [[pre-Columbian]] [[Americas]]. Apart from the pyramidal structures, Teotihuacan is also known for its large residential complexes, the Avenue of the Dead, and numerous colorful, well-preserved [[mural]]s. Additionally, Teotihuacan produced a thin orange pottery style that spread through Mesoamerica.<ref>Ancient Mexico and Central America</ref>

[[File:View from Pyramide de la luna.jpg|thumb|[[Teotihuacan]] view of the Avenue of the Dead and the [[Pyramid of the Sun]], from the [[Pyramid of the Moon]]]]

The city is thought to have been established around 100 BCE and continued to be built until about 250 CE.<ref name="Teotihuacan">{{cite web|title=Teotihuacan|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/teot/hd_teot.htm|work=Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History|date=October 2001|publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|access-date=2011-06-09|archive-date=2020-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519101457/https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/teot/hd_teot.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The city may have lasted until sometime between the 7th and 8th centuries CE. At its zenith, perhaps in the first half of the [[1st millennium]] CE, Teotihuacan was the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas. At this time, it may have had more than 200,000 inhabitants, placing it among the world's largest cities in this period. Teotihuacan was even home to multi-floor apartment compounds built to accommodate this large population.<ref name="Teotihuacan"/>

The civilization and cultural complex associated with the site is also referred to as Teotihuacan or Teotihuacano. Although it is a subject of debate whether Teotihuacan was the center of a state empire, its influence throughout [[Mesoamerica]] is well documented. The ethnicity of the inhabitants of Teotihuacan is also a subject of debate. Possible candidates are the [[Nahua peoples|Nahua]], [[Otomi people|Otomi]] or [[Totonac]] ethnic groups. Scholars have also suggested that Teotihuacan was a multiethnic state.
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