Teotihuacan
Proper noun
Meaning
Teotihuacan
A vast archeological site in Mexico
Examples
An underground Tlaloc shrine has been found at Teotihuacan.
Ancient Mexico can be said to have produced five major civilizations: the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec.
After the Olmecs abandoned their cities for unknown reasons, the Maya, Zapotec and Teotihuacan arose.
At its peak around 600 CE, Teotihuacan was the sixth-largest city in the world.
By the 19th century cultural influence began to flow both ways across the Atlantic Mexico and Central America Image:Tetitla Teotihuacan Great Goddess mural (Abracapocus).
Influence of Teotihuacan in northern Mexico peaked around AD 500 and declined over the 8th to 10th centuries.