تولتک

thumb|250px|right|A Toltec-style clay vessel (American Museum of Natural History). The Toltec culture () was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture that ruled a state centered in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico, during the Epiclassic and the early Post-Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology, reaching prominence from 950 to 1150 CE. The later Aztec culture considered the Toltec to be their intellectual and cultural predecessors and described Toltec culture emanating from Tōllān (Nahuatl for Tula) as the epitome of civilization. In the Nahuatl language the word Tōltēkatl (singular) or Tōltēkah (plural) c

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The Toltec were a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization centered in Tula, Mexico, that flourished from around 950 to 1150 CE and significantly influenced the region's culture and arts. The later Aztec people regarded the Toltecs as their intellectual and cultural predecessors, viewing Toltec civilization as the standard of refined society.

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Archaeological culture.name: Toltec
Archaeological culture.map: Toltecas.png
Archaeological culture.mapcaption: Distribution and influence of the Toltecs in Mesoamerica
Archaeological culture.religion: Toltec religion
Archaeological culture.language: Nahuatl, Otomi
Archaeological culture.region: Mesoamerica (historically)
Archaeological culture.period: Postclassic Period
Archaeological culture.majorsites: 21px Tollan-Xicocotitlan (capital), Huapalcalco
Archaeological culture.precededby: 21px Teotihuacan, 21px Calakmul, Mezcala culture, 21px Otomi, Chupícuaro, Coba, Chichen Itza, Puuc
Archaeological culture.followedby: League of Mayapan, Totonacapan, Azcapotzalco, 21px Acolhua, 21px Ecatepec, 21px Chalco
Archaeological culture.collapse: Arrival of Chichimec peoples who conquered Tula