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Name: Tilantongo

Type: Polity

Start: 99 BC

End: 1521 AD

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A Mixtec city-state in the Mixteca Alta region of the modern-day state of Oaxaca.

Establishment


  • January 99 BC: Tilantongo was a Mixtec citystate in the Mixteca Alta region of the modern-day state of Oaxaca which is now visible as an archeological site and a modern town of Santiago Tilantongo. Its Mixtec name was Ñuu Tnoo-Huahi Andehui meaning Black Town-Temple of Heaven. Archeological excavations conducted by Alfonso Caso in the 1960s suggest that Tilantongo is among the oldest settlements in Oaxaca with architecture from the preclassic Monte Albán I phase.
  • Chronology


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    1. Spanish wars of colonization in the Americas


    Were a series of expeditions and military campaigns by Spanish conquistadores and discoverers to conquer territories in central and southern America.

    1.1.Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire

    Was a military campaign waged by Spanish conquistarod Hernán Cortés along with indigenous allies to conquer the Aztec Empire.

  • January 1522: In 1521, the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes led the conquest of Tilantongo, a powerful Mixtec city in present-day Mexico. The territory was then incorporated into the Spanish America colony, marking the beginning of Spanish rule in the region.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1522: In 1521, the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes led the conquest of Tilantongo, a powerful Mixtec city in present-day Mexico. The territory was then incorporated into the Spanish America colony, marking the beginning of Spanish rule in the region.
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