Lisa Abel Culture Of The Aztecs

     The culture of these two civilizations are also similar and different in many ways. Religion was very important in the lives of the Aztec as well as the Maya. Both civilizations worshiped many gods. The Aztec and Maya worshiped gods such as the “corn god.”They believed in this god, because the economy of both civilizations was based on farming. The Family life was also similar. The typical Aztec and Maya households consisted of both families, and all members of the extended family, such as the husband’s relatives. Each member of the family helped with most of the work. The husband’s responsibilities were to support the family usually by doing craft work. The wife’s duties included weaving the families clothing, and cooking their food. However, the Maya had no schools. The children learned various skills by observing adults and helping them. On the other hand, the Aztec’s did things differently. Boys were educated by their father until about the age of 10. Then they attended school fun

The Aztec was a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. They called themselves Mexica. The Republic of Mexico and its capital, Mexico City wanted to be called “Mexica”. I chose this culture because The Aztec nation is one of the largest and most advanced Indian nations to have ever existed on earth. Nearly every part of the

The Aztecs were Mesoamerican people from the early centuries in the Americas. The home of the Aztecs was in the Valley of Mexico, they named it Tenochtitlan an island in Lake Texcoco. Before they got to Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs were from Aztlan led by chief man Tenoch. It was believed that “they were hated and rejected by all the surrounding inhabitants of the valley because they were uncivilized” (Aztec Culture). It was also believed that the chief Tenoch got a message from their God that said to lead his people to a place surrounded by Lake Texcoco and, where they saw an eagle eating a snake on a cactus that was their place for them to grow. During the next couple of years, the Aztec empire began growing into the greatest and most powerful tribe in Mexico. The Emperor who led them after Tenoch was Moctezuma II and it has also who led them to their downfall when the Spanish got to Tenochtitlan.

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.

In Lake Texcoco the Aztecs reinvented how they farmed. . As seen in the mural in Document 3 the Aztecs had bountiful crops and beautiful landscapes. In the past, nomadic lifestyles considered women hunters and gatherers and men hunters. After the neolithic revolution society placed men in the fields and women in the homes. In the mural women are depicted making corn tortillas and men are seen planting and harvesting.

Their meat was manly buffalo not have anything special to farm because they did not use the slashed and burn technique. The religion is that they had many gods, sun god was the main , human sacrifices, at the time they did 20,000 for one ceremony, it was about the sacrifice not for the blood, conquered they killed everyone. Their social system classes were Tecuhtli,Pipiltin,Pochteca, Macehualtin, and Slaves. The government was they had the emperor made people do tributes so that the city-states would be somewhat independent of Aztec rule. The technology for the aztec was They had aztec codices, the chinampa farms, they used canoes for transport,and doctors used splints for broken bones. Their contributions were their contributions were they created the chinampas for farming and the other tribes used them

The Aztecs settled in the Valley of Mexico in 1250 c.e. They were forced to build on an island that was in the middle of a swamp. With water all around it should've been easy to attack the Aztecs. But the water protected the island and made it easier to get water for drinking and crops. Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec empire. Tenochtitlan had many temples, that were dedicated to their gods. There were many waterways that were used for trading goods and transporting people. More than 200,000 people lived in Tenochtitlan. There were three main groups in the Aztec society. The Macehualtin

Some major aspects of the Aztec civilizations were farming and trading. The Aztecs were hunters and

The Aztec civilization was a thriving and powerful empire located in what is now modern-day Mexico. With a complex religion with a huge pantheon of gods requiring human sacrifice, and one of the most powerful military forces in mesoamerica, the Aztecs were in power for approximately 200 years before the arrival of Hernando Cortes and the Spaniards, signifying the destruction of the empire.

Now, the Aztec are fairly similar to the Mayas in different ways. They were also located in Mexico, which their capital is located in present day Mexico City. Built on a series of islets in Lake Texcoco, the city plan was based on a symmetrical layout which was divided into four sections called Campans. The time period in which the Aztecs had lived is from 1325 A.D-1521 A.D. So, the Aztec were pretty much gone before the Maya had started to be around. The capital of the Aztec is Tenochtitlan. That’s a long name for a capital of the Aztec.

they returned to Spain, they told of all the gold that the Aztecs had. The

The early life of the Aztecs they found their capital city in a swampy island in Lake Texcoco. They set out to make their capital a power and advance city that was the greatest of all Mesoamerica. The problem with this goal was that their land was swampy and uninhabitable. Their

Aztec history is one of the most in depth and complex concepts to fully understand. The Aztec society was a magnificent demonstration of an advanced and powerful force many years ahead of their time. A crucial part of their success in thriving as an empire was the outbreak of agriculture. Agriculture played a crucial role for many aspects of the aztec society. The city of Tenochtitlan; located in the middle of a lake, is where the site of the most complex, innovative, and resourceful creations of agriculture was born.

The Aztecs, it is believed, originated as a poor nomadic tribe from a place in western Mexico they called "Aztlan" sometime in the 1300s. They probably never used the term "Aztec" in reference to themselves, and were commonly known as "Mexica". They moved into the Valley of Mexico as squatters, and began making enemies of the more civilized peoples already living there as a result of the Aztec taste for violence and human sacrifice (Coe, 1984, p.145-6). The Aztecs were, in the words of one historian, "despised by all" (Weaver, 1972, p.239) neighbouring peoples for their placing physical violence and bloodlust at the centre of their culture. For example, while their skill in fighting led to their being employed as mercenaries, on one infamous occasion their chief was offered the daughter of the King who currently employed the tribe. When the King arrived for the marriage ceremony, "he was confronted instead by a priest dancing about in his daughter's skin" (Weaver, 1972,

Aztec is civilization created by the ancient Indian, which was mainly distributed in central and southern Mexico. Aztecs were a tribe with a lower level of development at first, but they absorb and fuse with other outstanding cultural traditions of Indian in the region that they rose rapidly. Aztec had developed agriculture and the main crops were corn, beans, squash, potatoes. Religion played an important role in the life of the Aztecs. The inhabitants believed in the immortality of the soul and Supreme domination. They adored the natural god that one of the peculiar was to use the living person for sacrifice.