Teotihuacán ("the place where men become gods") was built and abandoned by a relatively unknown people. Like Cuicuilco (south of present-day Mexico City), the Teotihuacan Valley was occupied as early as the Late Preclassic period (400 B.C. to 200 A.D.): the populations of villagers gradually became concentrated, while an embryonic social hierarchy and a strict division of tasks within society appeared. At the end of the period, the first monuments and buildings were built and the site was home to some 30,000 inhabitants. During the Early Classic period (200-600 A.D.), the city consolidated itself as the only urban center in the region, becoming a true city-state of 20 km² with more than 150,000 inhabitants: its influence extended as far as Monte Albán, in the state of Oaxaca, and Tikal, in Guatemala; a Mayan elite even had its own neighborhood there. Then, from the 600s, the city suffered from social destabilization: its population dropped to 30,000 inhabitants, before being gradually abandoned around 750 A.D. The reasons that caused the abandonment of the city are still unknown, but some theories indicate that poor administration, added to the gradual destruction of the surrounding natural resources, would have caused the discontent of the inhabitants, leading to a massive rebellion, and then to the abandonment of the city. Just over an hour's drive from Mexico City, the site offers one of the most popular getaways from the capital.

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