Toltec Tula collapses

1180

The central Mexican Toltec capital was sacked and burned around this time, its warrior columns toppled and temples looted. Later Aztec legend would blame Quetzalcoatl's exile for the fall. The rupture scattered populations across the Valley of Mexico and opened space for later Mexica migration. Refugee Toltec artisans carried their skills to other Mesoamerican cities, spreading architectural and artistic traditions that would influence Aztec builders for generations.