I VISITED TULA WHEN I WAS 20 AND TRAVELED BY BUS TO TULA. I DISCOVERED A VERY NICE TOWN BUILT AROUND A PLAZA AS MOST TOWNS WERE. TULA WAS OCCUPIED FROM 800 - 1150 AD. THE PYRAMID OF QUETZALCOATL IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STRUCTURE HERE. IT IS A 5 STEPPED PYRAMID WITH 4 TOLTEC STONE CARVED WARRIORS ON TOP OF IT. THERE WAS A ROOF ON TOP OF THESE FIGURES AS WELL.
TULA'S SOCIETY WAS TORN BY VIOLENCE AND STRIFE. APPARENTLY A GOD NAMED TEZCATLIPOCA, THE PATRON OF THE WAR, OPPOSED HIM. THE KING TOPILTZEN DROVE HIM FROM TULA ABOUT 1000 AD. THEN UNDER THIS GOD OF WAR, THE CITY WAS RULED. AFTER 500 YEARS CORTEZ FROM SPAIN CONQUERED PRECOLUMBIAN MESOAMERICA AND CONTROLLED PARTS OF CENTRAL MEXICO. I VISITED OTHER SITES THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY AND WAS AMAZED AT IT'S HUGE SIZE. IN 1400 THE AZTEC NOBLES CLAIMED DECENT FROM THE TOLTEC RULERS AND GODS,
WILLIAM FERGUSON.
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