Class Structure, Warfare, Family Life, Religious Practices, and Agriculture Are Aspects of the Aztec’s culture

The Aztecs were a civilization that emerged in Mesoamerica around the start of the thirteenth century and existed until 1521 CE. The Aztecs had their own system of government, a very complex religion, and sports and games were very important to the civilization. The Aztecs were a civilization that was complex as well as very advanced in many different areas of their civilization such as their government, religion, and sports.

The Aztecs were polytheistic; believing in many different gods, while the Spanish were monotheistic; believing in only one god. After the Spanish inquisition the country was 100% devoted Catholics. The Catholic Spanish had many religious practices; after the birth a child is baptized, it is a ceremony where water is sprinkled on their head symbolizing purity, this Christian ceremony was for both genders. The Aztecs however, had more traditional ideas in gender roles in a society, and introduced them after the birth of a child. After birth, baby boys were given a bow and arrow, and girls were given a weaving tool, a broom, and a basket. The Aztecs practiced blood sacrifices to feed their gods, going to the temple was a part of their daily lives. The leaders of the Aztec religion were the high priests, and the emperor. The Spanish did not practice blood sacrifices, but were devoted Christians. They had rituals such as weakly rites of confessions, and Sunday mass. Another catholic ritual is after the death of a person a priest performs a prayer. The religious leader of the Catholic faith is the pope. Both the Aztecs and Spanish although had different beliefs and practices the similarity was that they were highly devoted to their

Pre-Columbian Aztec Tribe was a very complex and hierarchical society that settled among the Aztecs of central Mexico in the times prior to the Spanish seize of Mexico. It was erected on the cultural bases of the bigger area of Mesoamerica. The culture was structured into self-governing city-states, called altepetls, which had smaller divisions. These city-states were further composed of one or more large kinship cluster (History.com). Nobles and commoners were the most fundamental social division in the Aztec empire. Noblemen were given more privileges that were not shared by the commoners most significantly the right to get protection from commoners on their land. The common individuals were exempted to own and cultivate land and to handle their possessions, while yet accomplishing the requirements of the lords and their calpulli, such as protection payment and military help. Nevertheless, at the same time were given some privileges equal to those of the lesser nobleness. During the rise of an Aztec empire, there were so many problems that the community experienced to conquer other lands and survive. This article illustrates some of the main problems that the Aztec tribe experienced. Among them are diseases, feeding a large population, ritual sacrifices, political problems through rivalry and prejudice and technological problems.

In the book Daily Life of The Aztecs On the Eve of the Spanish Conquest by Jacques Soustelle you are walked through what life was like for the Aztecs. You are in 16th Century Mexico, or to them Mexico-Tenochtilan. Soustelle does an excellent job immediately putting you in character with the introduction of the book. The book is broken down into seven different main chapters detailing major aspects of the Aztecs lives in the late 1500’s. You learn about where they lived, to the wars they fought, and what life was like for them from birth to death. In this paper I will further discuss four topics that were very crucial in the daily lives of the Aztecs. I will help you find a better understanding in their daily life as well as the many changes they migrated through over time. The four topics I will be discussing are: 1. Culture and Customs of the Aztecs 2. Civilization vs Barbarism 3. Art and Architecture 4. Education and Home Life.

The Aztec civilization was the most dominate complex society in Mesoamerica of all time. The Aztecs were an innovative and sophisticated civilization that became superior due to their elaborate engineered cities, pyramids, and temples. Their proficiency in trade, expertise in agriculture, religious traditions, organized government, and progressive technology set a firm foundation for the distinguished Aztec empire.

As in most ancient societies, religion played a big role in Aztec society when the Spaniards first arrived in Mexico. Tenochitlán had hundreds of temples and religious buildings devoted to 1000 gods. Their religious practices revolved around lavish ceremonies to communicate and appease the gods. Their most important ritual was offering human sacrifices for the god Huitziolopochiti, the sun god. They believed that when the sun set he had to fight the forces of evil to get to the next day. He needed human blood to give him strength for his daily

The everyday life of the Aztecs depended on what part of society you were born into because in the Aztecs you were born into and it was either a commoner or a lord, there was also another social class but it wasn't exactly considered a class and this were the slaves; slavery came upon people through debt or punishment and many people sold themselves into slavery when they found themselves unable to support themselves, this mostly happened during famines such as the one in the 1450's. Within the commoners there were two classes, the peasants and the calpolli and the urban commoners. The calpolli were small groups of family composed of peasants who worked for the same lord. In this case the commoners were dependent upon their lord and their land

Religion plays an important part in the lives on Aztecs, also very complicated because they inhabited aspects

Aztec practice religions of many gods. They had sun gods. Two of the sun gods were Ehecatl and Huitzilopochtli. The Aztec believed that if you added his or her blood they would come back to life. Also, they repaid people by sacrificing. The two things they feared most was natural and the world ending. For example, they thought that the world was going to in 52 years. They thought there was 13 layers in heavens and 9 layers in the underworld.

The religion of the Aztec, including their beliefs, customs and religions, acted as a tremendous influence on their government, economy, and culture. Religion was the foundation for the infamous culture of the Aztec Civilization. Through ceremonies of sacrifice, and the infusion of cosmology into their religion, the Aztecs sculpted a culture unlike that of any other civilization, and left behind a legacy to be studied and admired for generations to come. Religion ultimately shaped the unique civilization of the Aztecs, through cultivating the general outlook and values of the Aztecs, expanding the empire, and influencing the architecture and layout of their city.

The Aztecs were considered an empire and ruled land along the Valley of Mexico. Their land stretched coast to coast between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico and was continually expanding (Tangen). They had a powerful army and alliances with fellow tribes. They ruled more than 500 small states, and were populated with about five or 6 million people. In the middle of it all was their beloved capital city, Tenochtitlan. The city alone was home to 140,000 of the Aztec people and so popular that it was the densest city that has existed in Mesoamerica. The people of the Aztec Civilization were advanced socially. Their society was structured in classes of nobles, indentured servants and slaves, in descending order of social status. Each class had an important role to creating a fully developed society (History.com). The Aztecs valued art, and spent a large amount of time and expensive resources to make it. The art was so special that only the upper class Aztecs were allowed to own it. They made things like jewelry, pottery, statues, and painted walls (Ancient Aztec Art). The economy of the Aztecs had to be successful to supply their whole civilization. Trade was a main part of their economy that made most of their money. In addition, trade was important for them to have a way to receive materials they would not be able to obtain in their own land. The Aztecs were also skilled farmers and were able to sell all of their crops also. The main marketplaces were also located in the main and busy cities to make sure everyone could have access to it (Aztec Economy Trade and Currency). The Aztec’s religion was important among the people and they built temples, palaces, and statues for worship towards their gods. Another notable aspect of their religion is their practice of human sacrifice

1. The nature of the regime of the Aztecs. The Aztecs were a warlike and bloodthirsty tribe that took and claimed the area around central Mexico from their capital of Tenochtitlan. . The Aztec society was very religious, but unfortunaely the main aspect of their religion demanded human sacrifice to make their “Gods” happy so they could insure the people fertility of their land, and this had to happen every month.

1. The nature of the regime of the Aztecs. The Aztecs was bloodthirsty tribe that overruled and claimed from their capital of Tenochtitlan the area around central Mexico. The Aztec society was very religious, but unfortunaely the main point of their religion demanded human sacrifice and this terrible act had to happen every month to make their “Gods” happy so they could insure a fruitful land for their people.

The Aztecs were a very powerful ethnic group. They had an emperor, and nobles. Nobles who were basically slaves, labor workers that seemed to do all the work for the emperors. They would build cities, that would assist the Aztecs.

The daily life as an Aztec was very demanding; as they were in a constant state of war in order to please their God’s and conquer more territories to expand their