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Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán the largest city of pre-Columbian America, situated about 40 km (25 miles) north-east of Mexico City. Built c.300 bc, it reached its zenith c.300–600 ad, when it was the centre of an influential culture which spread throughout Meso-America.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Teotihuacán." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Teotihuacán." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Teotihuacn.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Teotihuacán." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Teotihuacn.html |
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Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán, México/Mexico A town and, separately, the ruins of a pre‐Columbian city with a Nahuatl name meaning ‘City of the Gods’.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Teotihuacán." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Teotihuacán." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Teotihuacn.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Teotihuacán." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Teotihuacn.html |
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