Residents upset with greedy elites burned Teotihuacan -
The ancient city of Teotihuacan, which is located about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Mexico city, once supported an estimated population of 100,000 – 200,000 people, who raised giant monuments such as the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon. However, much about Teotihuacan remains unknown, including the origin and language of the people who lived there, as they did not leave behind any written records.
“No traces of foreign invasion are visible at the site,” wrote Linda R. Manzanilla in her 2014 study of what happened at Teotihuacan, a city of great architecture that had 125,000 to 200,000 residents at its peak. “We interpret this event as a revolt against the ruling elite, perhaps a response to a late intervention on the part of the state to control the entrepreneurial movements of the intermediate elite.”
The major ritual and administrative buildings along the Street of the Dead were set on fire in A.D. 550, and the sculptures inside palatial structures, such as Xalla, were shattered.
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