Realm · 50 BCE – 704 CE

Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan appears on the map from 50 BCE to 704. At its greatest recorded extent, in 50 BCE, it covered about 5,674 km².

Teotihuacan, in the Valley of Mexico north-east of modern Mexico City, grew from about 100 BCE into one of the largest cities in the ancient world, home to perhaps 100,000 people at its height around 450 CE. It was laid out on a grid along a great avenue, later called the Avenue of the Dead, lined with the Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent. Its people lived in large apartment compounds, some housing migrants from Oaxaca and the Gulf Coast. More about Teotihuacan.

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On the map

50 BCE – 704 CE

Greatest extent

50 BCE, about 5,674 km²

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Wikipedia: Teotihuacan · Wikidata Q172613