THE PYRAMIDS OF TEOTIHUACAN Teotihuacan is situated in the central section of the Valley of Teotihuacan. The valley is in the northeastern part of the Basin of Mexico, a plateau over 2,000 meters high with a temperate semiarid climate. The later Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, grew up about 700 years after the collapse of Teotihuacan 60-km southwest on an island in the shallow lakes that spread in the Basin at that time. The Spaniards destroyed Tenochtitlan in the 16 …showed first 75 words of 1654 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1654 total…only in its native highland habitat, but also along the tropical coasts, reaching even into the Maya area. It is trading and tribute empire was comparable with the Aztec empire that eventually followed it. All other Mexican states were partly or entirely dependent upon it for whatever achievements they attained. INTRODUCTION AVENUE OF THE DEATH PYRAMID OF THE SUN PYRAMID OF THE MOON CIUDADELA FEATHERED SERPENT PYRAMID CONCLUSION THE PYRAMIDS OF TEOTIHUACAN KHOI LE AUG 2002