The great planned metropolis of highland Mexico, Teotihuacan laid out the Avenue of the Dead between the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, housed 100,000 people in apartment compounds, and projected power across Mesoamerica.
Its ceremonial core was sacked and burned around 550 AD; the population collapsed and dispersed, leaving the abandoned city the Aztecs would later name 'the place where gods were made.'
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Teotihuacan —
the shape you scrub through changes in 100 BC · 50 BC · 50 · 300.
Moments from the Chronicle
100 BCTeotihuacan rises in the highlands A new planned city begins its explosive growth in the Teotihuacan Valley, drawing migrants from across the Basin of Mexico.
200Pyramid of the Sun completed Teotihuacan finishes the Pyramid of the Sun, one of the largest structures in Mesoamerica, anchoring its Avenue of the Dead.
378Teotihuacan reshapes Tikal An entrada associated with Teotihuacan installs a new royal lineage at Tikal, projecting highland Mexican power into the Maya lowlands.
550Teotihuacan burns The ceremonial core of Teotihuacan is sacked and systematically burned; its population collapses and the great metropolis is largely abandoned.