Nahua cultural sphere
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The Nahua cultural sphere encompasses the interconnected Mesoamerican peoples, languages, traditions, and polities associated with Nahuatl-speaking groups, including but not limited to the Aztecs and their allies.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aztec cultural sphere | 1 |
| Nahua cultural area | 1 |
| Nahua cultural sphere canonical | 1 |
| Nahua culture | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6045528 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Nahua cultural sphere Context triple: [Acolhua, memberOf, Nahua cultural sphere]
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A.
Totonacapan region
The Totonacapan region is a historical and cultural area in eastern Mexico traditionally inhabited by the Totonac people, known for its pre-Hispanic archaeological sites and rich indigenous heritage.
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B.
Plateau culture area
The Plateau culture area is a North American cultural region encompassing the intermountain plateau lands between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades, traditionally inhabited by various Indigenous peoples including the Southern Paiute.
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C.
Matlatzinca culture
The Matlatzinca culture was a pre-Columbian indigenous civilization of central Mexico known for its distinct language, complex social organization, and interaction with powerful neighbors such as the Aztec Empire.
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D.
Aridoamerica
Aridoamerica is a cultural and geographic region of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States characterized by arid climates and the presence of primarily nomadic and semi-nomadic indigenous cultures.
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E.
Mesoamerican linguistic area
The Mesoamerican linguistic area is a Sprachbund in which numerous indigenous language families, including Mayan, share convergent structural features due to long-term contact rather than common ancestry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nahua cultural sphere Target entity description: The Nahua cultural sphere encompasses the interconnected Mesoamerican peoples, languages, traditions, and polities associated with Nahuatl-speaking groups, including but not limited to the Aztecs and their allies.
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A.
Totonacapan region
The Totonacapan region is a historical and cultural area in eastern Mexico traditionally inhabited by the Totonac people, known for its pre-Hispanic archaeological sites and rich indigenous heritage.
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B.
Plateau culture area
The Plateau culture area is a North American cultural region encompassing the intermountain plateau lands between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades, traditionally inhabited by various Indigenous peoples including the Southern Paiute.
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C.
Matlatzinca culture
The Matlatzinca culture was a pre-Columbian indigenous civilization of central Mexico known for its distinct language, complex social organization, and interaction with powerful neighbors such as the Aztec Empire.
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D.
Aridoamerica
Aridoamerica is a cultural and geographic region of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States characterized by arid climates and the presence of primarily nomadic and semi-nomadic indigenous cultures.
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E.
Mesoamerican linguistic area
The Mesoamerican linguistic area is a Sprachbund in which numerous indigenous language families, including Mayan, share convergent structural features due to long-term contact rather than common ancestry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican cultural area
ⓘ
cultural sphere ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Acolhua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aztecs NERFINISHED ⓘ Chalca NERFINISHED ⓘ Huexotzinca NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexica people NERFINISHED ⓘ Nahua peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Nahuatl language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pipil people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tepanec NERFINISHED ⓘ Texcocans NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlaxcalans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuedInto | colonial New Spain ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
Basin of Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of El Salvador ⓘ |
| hasCoreLanguage | Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCosmology | Five Suns myth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
codex production
ⓘ
oratory ⓘ poetry (in xochitl in cuicatl) ⓘ |
| hasDeity |
Huitzilopochtli
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quetzalcoatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Tezcatlipoca NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlaloc NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonantzin NERFINISHED ⓘ Xipe Totec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
chinampa agriculture
ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ tribute system ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
calmecac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
calpulli ⓘ telpochcalli ⓘ |
| hasLegalSource | indigenous cabildo records ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalForm |
city-state (altepetl)
ⓘ
triple alliance ⓘ |
| hasReligion | polytheism ⓘ |
| hasRitualPractice |
bloodletting
ⓘ
calendar festivals ⓘ human sacrifice ⓘ |
| hasSocialStructure |
commoners (macehualtin)
ⓘ
nobility (pipiltin) ⓘ serfs (mayehqueh) ⓘ slaves (tlacotin) ⓘ |
| hasTextualSource |
Annals of Tlatelolco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Codex Mendoza NERFINISHED ⓘ Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingTradition |
logographic writing
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phonetic elements in writing ⓘ pictographic writing ⓘ |
| influenced |
colonial Nahua Christianity
ⓘ
modern Nahua communities in Mexico ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Teotihuacan legacy
ⓘ
Toltec traditions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Postclassic period
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Postclassic Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesCalendar |
tonalpohualli
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xiuhpohualli ⓘ |
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Subject: Nahua cultural sphere Description of subject: The Nahua cultural sphere encompasses the interconnected Mesoamerican peoples, languages, traditions, and polities associated with Nahuatl-speaking groups, including but not limited to the Aztecs and their allies.
Referenced by (4)
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