ocr: shaping the Teotihuacan way" - probably stemmed from centers such as these. Around the time of Christ, Teotihuacan began to grow rapidly, and between A.D.100and 200 its largest religious monument was raised on the site of an earlier shrine. Known today as the Pyramid of the Sun, it was as large at the base as the great pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. The powerful attraction of a famous holy place is not enough, of course, to explain Teotihuacan's early growth or later importance. The city's strategic location was one ofa number of material factors that contributed to its rise. Teotihuacan lies 604 ...
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