Sculpture of Tlazolteotl
AD 900-1521 · Resource
A stone sculpture of Tlazolteotl, the Mesoamerican goddess of filth, purification and childbirth. It embodies Aztec/Huastec ideas of sin, fertility and absolution.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 1400
- Ming dynasty (1368)
- Battle of Agincourt (1415)
- Gutenberg's printing press (1440)
- Brunelleschi's dome of Florence Cathedral (1420)
- Zheng He's treasure voyages (1405)
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1387)
- Renaissance (1400)
- Forbidden City built (1406)
- Ming dynasty begins (1368)
- Machu Picchu built (1450)