CHOLULA  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state and on the See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau of See also:

• PUEBLA
• PUEBLA (full title La Puebla de los Angeles, and more recently, Puebla de Zaragoza)

Puebla, 8 m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail W. by N. of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of that name, and 6912 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . Pop . (1900, estimate) woo . The Interoceanic railway passes through Cholula, but the city's commercial and See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

• STANDING

standing is overshadowed by that of its larger and more See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour . At the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest, Cholula—then known as Chololan—was a large and important town, consecrated to the See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of the See also:

• GOD

god Quetzalcoatl, who had here one of the most imposing temples in See also:

• ANAHUAC

Anahuac, built on the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of a truncated See also:

• PYRAMID

pyramid, the largest of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in the See also:

• WORLD

world . This pyramid, constructed of See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun-dried bricks and See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, 177 ft. high, and covering an See also:

• AREA

area of nearly 45 acres, is the most conspicuous See also:

• OBJECT

object in the town and is surmounted by a See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel dedicated to Nuestra Senora de los See also:

• REMEDIOS, or SAN JUAN DE LOS REMEDIOS

Remedios . A corner of the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace of this See also:

• GREAT

great pyramid was cut through in the construction of the Puebla road, but nothing was discovered to explain its purpose, which was probably that of furnishing an imposing site for a See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple . Nothing definite is known of its See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age and See also:

• HISTORY

history, as the fanatical zeal of Cortez and-his companions destroyed whatever See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical data the temple may have contained . Cholula was visited by Cortez in 1519 during his eventful See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march inland to Montezuma's See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, Tenochtitlan, when he treacherously massacred its inhabitants and pillaged the city, pretending to distrust the hospitable inhabitants . Cortez estimated that the town then had 20,000 habitations, and its suburbs as many more, but this was undoubtedly a deliberate exaggeration . The Cholulans were of Nahuatl origin and were semi-See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent, yielding only a nominal See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to Montezuma . They were a trading See also:

• PEOPLE

people, holding fairs, and exchanging their manufactures of textiles and pottery for other produce .

The pyramid is believed to have been built by a people occupying this region before the Cholulans .