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The pact functioned under the hegemony of a single city that holds extreme spiritual, cultural and strategic importance to the confederacy. Whilst the lead-city status meant that the city would be able to hold immense sway and power over the altepetl, the position meant that the city was obligated to protect lesser members of the league from external aggression and internal strife. In the event the cities agree that the lead city is no longer able to fulfill their obligations, a highly ritualistic period of internecine warfare begins until a new leading city can be inaugurated. | The pact functioned under the hegemony of a single city that holds extreme spiritual, cultural and strategic importance to the confederacy. Whilst the lead-city status meant that the city would be able to hold immense sway and power over the altepetl, the position meant that the city was obligated to protect lesser members of the league from external aggression and internal strife. In the event the cities agree that the lead city is no longer able to fulfill their obligations, a highly ritualistic period of internecine warfare begins until a new leading city can be inaugurated. | ||
The current leading city, Xochialco, was inaugurated in 1969 during the latest war for control over the league. | The current leading city, Xochialco, was inaugurated in 1969 during the latest war for control over the league. In recent times, however, inter-city disputes are mostly solved diplomatically rather than through ritual combat as in the past. | ||
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Revision as of 06:03, 13 October 2019
The Teocuitatlan, officially the League of the Teocuitatlan (Culhuacatl: Teocuitatlán Moyecchihua), is a confederacy of allied city-states in northwestern Ecnia. The League's sphere of influence borders ??? to the south and ??? to the east, while the region is bounded by the Crommean Ocean to the north. The League consists of the 32 cities or located within the Teocuitatlan geographic region which spans the rainforests of northern Ecnia.
Culhuacatl peoples are the descendants of tribes that migrated into the Teocuitatlan in the early 12th century. Early migrants settled in the region and established several settlements and city-states called altepetl who frequently fought small-scale wars with each other. Despite the constant state of war between the altepetl, no city was able to establish dominance over the region due to the shifting network of alliances. By 1260 CE, the majority of the land had already been settled by the migrating tribes and the altepetl. In 1384 CE, the altepetl of Tlaxcatlan, Itzatepec, Tlahuacan and Xochialco formed a pact to protect against nomadic Popolocatec raiders. Successful in fending off the Popolocatec, the four cities began using their combined strength to establish dominance over the other altepetl.
Whilst originally made of only the four cities, the pact soon grew to encompass nearly all of the altepetl in the Teocuitatlan through annexing swathes of land and bringing settlements under its heel through successive wars of conquest.
The pact functioned under the hegemony of a single city that holds extreme spiritual, cultural and strategic importance to the confederacy. Whilst the lead-city status meant that the city would be able to hold immense sway and power over the altepetl, the position meant that the city was obligated to protect lesser members of the league from external aggression and internal strife. In the event the cities agree that the lead city is no longer able to fulfill their obligations, a highly ritualistic period of internecine warfare begins until a new leading city can be inaugurated.
The current leading city, Xochialco, was inaugurated in 1969 during the latest war for control over the league. In recent times, however, inter-city disputes are mostly solved diplomatically rather than through ritual combat as in the past.
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