Tezcatlipoca (pron. Tez-ca-tli-po-ca) or 'Smoking Mirror' in Nahuatl was one of the most important gods in Postclassical Mesoamerican culture and particularly important for the Toltecs and the Aztecs, especially at Texcoco. He was an invisible and omnipotent creator god, patron deity of warriors, and, as the bringer of both good and evil, he was the very embodiment of change through conflict.
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250 CE - 950 CEThe Classic Maya Period which saw the height of the Maya Civilization in cities such as Chichen Itza, Palenque, Tikal, Copan and Uxmal.
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c. 1345 CE - 1521 CEThe Aztec civilization flourishes in Mesoamerica.