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Chichimec
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Chichimec (chēchēmĕk`), general term for the peoples of the Valley of Mexico between the periods of Toltec Toltec (tŏl`tĕk), ancient civilization of Mexico. The name in Nahuatl means "master builders.
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 ascendancy and Aztec Aztec (ăz`tĕk'), Indian people dominating central Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest.
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 ascendancy. Before the 11th cent. the Chichimec were nomadic peoples on the northern fringes of the valley. The Chichimec period (c.950–1300) was one of intertribal warfare and political confusion, but it prepared the way for the tributary empire of the Aztec.


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