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A rainstorm revealed a tunnel beneath this city that yielded a saucer shaped like a flying dog, greenstone crocodile teeth, and liquid mercury used to represent lakes. Murals found in this city may denote important people with a three-tasseled headdress. The multiethnic merchant class of this city may have launched a fire that destroyed its temples and Xalla (“SHAH-lah”) palace, beginning the city’s collapse around 550 CE alongside abrupt droughts. This city’s influence likely spread the sloped talud-tablero construction style (10[1])found at Monte Albán and Tikal. (10[1])This city’s Nahuatl name (-5[1])translates (10[2])roughly to “place where Gods were born,” (10[1])as the Aztecs claimed descent from its builders. For 10 points, name this city where the Avenue of the Dead links the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, (-5[1])an ancient (-5[1])city in the Valley of Mexico. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Teotihuacan
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