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 iconographic language, which contains the essence of the ancient philosophical thought of the grandparents and this knowledge is framed in the various materials worked the ancient grandparents. Knowledge that could only be accessed by the “initiated” and some of the most important leaders and priests of the classical period villages. It is required to decode it, in order to access. It is there, but it is not for everyone.

In the third knowledge circle basically was religion, moral and ethical standards of the Anahuac civilization. These philosophical principles that embodied the ancient grandparents’ religion, allowed commoners: peasants, housewives, artists, teachers, artisans, builders, bureaucrats, and so on; have the necessary bases to conduct a harmonious personal, family and society life. For this reason, during more than a thousand years, during the period known as the Classical or splendor, there was a bright and dazzling human development, being the pulsating center of this period Classical "the city" where men learned to be gods, Teotihuacan.

"On the other hand, if Teotihuacan had remained at least 800 years as a predominant city without any military power, this Pax Augusta would be a case so unique in history; it is hard to believe it actually happened."

''In universal history, there are no records of any single empire that was formed, even indirectly without the use of weapons, and in fact, almost all cases are based mainly on their use, even when it is clear that above weapons was a directing ideology. There is also the possibility that expansion was based on a dominant or more prestigious religion than others, and therefore did not require to resort to force. Christianity and Buddhism, for example, have immensely expanded and weapons did not play an important role in their difussion.... But rather indicates that the root of all Mesoamerican religions was the same, and not that Teotihuacan placed their gods over the gods of other Nations." (Ignacio Bernal. 1965)''