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= = **Location:** **Time Period:**
 * Teotihuacan **
 * It's located in the valley of Mexico, which is a huge oval basin ringed by snowcapped volcanoes located in the high plateau of central Mexico.
 * Teotihuacan domincated a large area from 100 A.D. to 750 A.D.
 * It was just a small settlement around 400 B.C., but became an important city around 700 B.C.

**Government:**
 * In Teotihuacan, there was a monarchy.
 * Their king was different from the usual. He cared about the peasants and the city was very, very organized.
 * They had a grid and gave everyone an equal amount of land.
 * Teotihuacan was the most organized city in the middle ages.
 * The people and king was also very religious. Religion had a lot to do with the government.
 * The society was divided into different classes.

**Religion:**
 * In Teotihuacan, the people were polytheistic, which means they believe in many gods.
 * The most important were the Storm god and the Feathered Serpent.
 * The oldest ceremonial center was in the Cuicuilco. It was huge and circular, and 500 feet across in diameter. It was destroyed by a volcanoe by 200 B.C.
 * The central belief was that the world was created in Teotihuacan. They thought that the world began in a cave because they believed caves were sacred.
 * They believed that sacrificing children, animals, or even bodies of captured warriors would satisfy the gods.

**Everyday Life**
 * They didn't have any written accounts, so it's still a mystery how an average person in Teotihuacan lived

**Art:**
 * They painted murals. The murals were always religious in a way.
 * The murals would represent rivers, mountains, & marine animals. [[image:wcnativeamericans/teotihuacan_mural.jpg width="385" height="249" align="right"]]
 * You could find murals almost anywhere in Teotihuacan.
 * Red was the often used in their paintings, although in different shades.
 * The most important murals are located in Tetitla.

Pyramids:


 * The most important pyramids in Teotihuacan is the Pyramid of the Sun and The Pyramid of the Moon.
 * The Pyramid of the Sun is the third tallest pyramid in the world.
 * Under the Pyramid of the Sun is tunnel-like cave where it seemed to have held water and fire rituals.
 * The Pyramid of the Moon is just a bit smaller than the Pyramid of the Sun.
 * At the base of the this pyramid was remains from animal sacrices and carved stone artifacts.




 * Questions/Answers **
 * 1. ** What type of government did they have in Teotihuacan?
 * a monarchy
 * 2. ** Where did they believe the world was created?
 * there in Teotihuacan
 * 3. ** Name one thing they sacrificed to satisfy the gods.
 * either children, animals, or bodies of captured warriors
 * 4. ** What's the color that is mostly used in murals?
 * red
 * 5. ** What is the name of the two most important pyramids?
 * Pyramid of the Sun & Pyramid of the moon

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