THE MESOAMERICA PERIODSVersion en ligne Answer the best you can par Carla Uribe 1 When and why the great cities that had dominated Mesoamerica for centuries lost their power? 2 important urban centers continued to exist: 3 epiclastic (600 and 900): 4 good events in the new period that some historians called epiclastic: 5 the Toltec tradition: 6 How does the concept of Mesoamerica arise? 600 AD Some were invaded by new settlers, such as when the Mixtecs invaded the Zapotec city of Monte Albán were abandoned after internal conflicts, as in the case of Teotihuacán too many wars, low agricultural production caused by the ecological deterioration of the rainforest, massive migrations of peasants who settled in villages far from the control of the rulers in the highlands of Guatemala in northern Yucatán Makes way for the end of the big cities profoundly modified the life of all of Mesoamerica . trade routes changed the relations between the different regions of the cultural area were modified a greater number of urban centers emerged, although of smaller size in these capitals the ideas, forms of political organization and artistic styles of the different classical cities were combined new ideas are generated artistic works and conceptions of power. which defined the final part of pre-Hispanic originated in a city called Tula where a very organized government governed the arts and crafts were cultivated in a remarkable way hey practiced new religions centered on the figure of the god Quetzalcoatl, although many of the previous gods continued to be adorned The Toltecs dominated other villages through weapons and created powerful empires was initially proposed by the anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff in 1943 all the people who lived in this vast region shared cultural features that made them resemble each other