| The Maya and Toltec vision of the world and the universe is revealed in their stone monuments and artistic works. |
| Nahuatl, the most important of the Uto-Aztecan languages, was the language of the Aztec and Toltec civilizations of Mexico. |
| To soothe Acolhua civic and ethnic pride, Tetzcoco's rulers and historians conceived of their city as the empire's cultural capital, the true heir to Toltec civilization. |
| It must not, however, be thought from this that there was any relationship between the Toltec and Tarasco languages. |
| His sea voyage to the east should probably be connected with the invasion of Yucatán by the Itzá, a tribe that showed strong Toltec features. |
| Having little to offer other than their reputation as warriors, the Mexica hired themselves out as mercenaries to rival Toltec factions. |
