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   ocr: In any case, archaeological evidence indicates that around A.D.750 much of central Teotihuacan was looted and burned, possibly with the help of the city's own people. The repercussions of Teotihuacan's fall seem to have been felt throughout civilized Middle America. The subsequent fall of Monte Alban, the capital of the Oaxaca region, and of many Maya ceremonial centers in Guatemala and the surrounding area may reasonably be associated with dislocation set in motion by the fall of Teotihuacan. Indeed, the appropriate epitaph for the New World's first major metropolis may be that it was as infl ...