Editing History of Mexico (section)

===Toltec===
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[[File:Telamones Tula.jpg|thumb|right|Colossal atlantids, pyramid B, Toltec, Tula, Mexico, ca. 900–1180 AD]]

The Toltec culture is an archaeological [[Mesoamerica]]n culture that dominated a state centered in [[Tula (Mesoamerican site)|Tula, Hidalgo]], in the early post-classic period of [[Mesoamerican chronology]] (ca 800–1000 AD). The later [[Aztec]] culture saw the Toltecs as their intellectual and cultural predecessors and described Toltec culture emanating from Tollan ([[Nahuatl language|Nahuatl]] for Tula) as the epitome of civilization; indeed, in the Nahuatl language, the word "Toltec" came to take on the meaning "artisan."

The Aztec oral and pictographic tradition also described the history of the Toltec empire, giving lists of rulers and their exploits. Among modern scholars, it is a matter of debate whether the Aztec narratives of Toltec history should be given credence as descriptions of actual historical events. Other controversies relating to the Toltecs include how best to understand the reasons behind the perceived similarities in architecture and iconography between the archaeological site of Tula and the Maya site of [[Chichén Itzá]] – no consensus has emerged yet about the degree or direction of influence between the two sites.