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5686285444Toltecs70 miles north of Mexico City. Toltecs built their capital city there. 10th-12th centuries the Toltecs dominated most of mexico0
5686285445MexicaThe name the Aztecs called themselves1
5686291907QuetzalcoatlAztec nature god, feathered serpent, his disappearance and promised return coincided with the arrival of Cortes2
5686291908Puebloa communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States3
5686291926IncasA Native American people who built a notable civilization in western South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Peru. Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the empire.4
5686297122TenochtitlanCapital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.5
5686297123ChinampasRaised fields or floating gardens constructed by the Aztecs along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields.6
5686301235Quipuan ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways.7

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