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Teotihuacán was the largest city in the Americas during the first half of the 1st millennium CE.

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Is it true that Teotihuacán was the largest city in the Americas during the first half of the 1st millennium CE?

Yes. Multiple reliable sources and academic studies confirm that Teotihuacan was the largest city in the Americas during the first half of the first millennium CE.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 4 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Wikipedia: Teotihuacan
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Wikipedia: Teotihuacan. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teotihuacan

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Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Teotihuacan
Notes that at its zenith in the first half of the first millennium, it was the largest city.
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Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Teotihuacan. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teotihuacan

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PLOS (all journals): Can Government Be Self-Organized? A Mathematical Model of the Collective Social Organization of Ancient Teotihuacan, Central Mexico
Notes it rapidly grew into the largest city of Mesoamerica of the first millennium.
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PLOS (all journals): Can Government Be Self-Organized? A Mathematical Model of the Collective Social Organization of Ancient Teotihuacan, Central Mexico. (n.d.). PLOS (all journals). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109966

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Semantic Scholar peS2o: Can Government Be Self-Organized? A Mathematical Model of the Collective Social Organization of Ancient Teotihuacan, Central Mexico
Mentions it grew into the largest city of Mesoamerica of the first millennium.
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Semantic Scholar peS2o: Can Government Be Self-Organized? A Mathematical Model of the Collective Social Organization of Ancient Teotihuacan, Central Mexico. (n.d.). Semantic Scholar peS2o. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0109966&type=printable

Semantic Scholar peS2o: REFINING CERAMIC CHRONOLOGY AND EPICLASSIC REOCCUPATION AT LA VENTILLA, TEOTIHUACAN USING TRAPEZOIDAL BAYESIAN MODELING
States that by AD 200 it was the largest urban center in the Americas.
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Semantic Scholar peS2o: REFINING CERAMIC CHRONOLOGY AND EPICLASSIC REOCCUPATION AT LA VENTILLA, TEOTIHUACAN USING TRAPEZOIDAL BAYESIAN MODELING. (n.d.). Semantic Scholar peS2o. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/2DD984699F1C4531D949944A84371529/S0033822223000218a.pdf/div-class-title-refining-ceramic-chronology-and-epiclassic-reoccupation-at-la-ventilla-teotihuacan-using-trapezoidal-bayesian-modeling-div.pdf

Wikibooks: Wikibooks: The History of the Native Peoples of the Americas/Mesoamerican Cultures/Teotihuacanos
Confirms it was at its height in the first half of the 1st millennium CE, the largest city.
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Wikibooks: Wikibooks: The History of the Native Peoples of the Americas/Mesoamerican Cultures/Teotihuacanos. (n.d.). Wikibooks. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Native_Peoples_of_the_Americas/Mesoamerican_Cultures/Teotihuacanos

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