The Life of the Aztecs

The Aztecs are really interesting people that were alive back from 1400 - 1600 AD. They lived very different than us, because we don’t no human sacrifices because we don’t believe in any of the gods (due to science)This paper will show how the Aztecs lived, including their empire, Government and Agriculture. The first interesting thing about the Aztecs is their daily routine. Aztec family life was very similar to many modern day cultures. For example, the husband was primarily responsible for supporting

• In 1100 the Aztecs left their homeland in northern Mexico and began heading south. After 225 years they finally settle in the city of Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan became the capital of the Aztec. The priests pick that city because that was where they was the sign of and eagle holding a snake while sitting on a cactus. They built their city around the canals. • The Aztecs, the Texcocans, and the Tacubans. • 1517 The priest marked a sighting of a comet. They believed that it was a sign of doom.

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

The Aztecs have lived a great and wonderful, historical life. To start off, in the 6th century the Aztecs settled in Mexico. However they moved north in 1110-1258 Aztecs roamed Mexico. They settled near Lake Texcoco which is in Chaultepec. Soon after arrived in the Tepanecs expelled them. They soon settled on Tizapan with the permission of the Culhucan ruler, Cocoxtli. In 1350 the Aztecs built causeways with canals. Tenoch is the religious ruler of Mexico and died in 1370. Between 1376-1395 the first

The Aztec people, also known as Mexica, originated from Aztlan, somewhere in north or northwest Mexico. They settled at a place where they saw an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its mouth. They took this as a sign from their god that they should stay there. The Aztecs called the place Tenochtitlan, which means place of the cactus. The Aztecs emerged as the dominant force in central Mexico, developing an intricate social, political, religious and commercial organization that brought many

The Aztecs cosmology was a unique combination of mythology. Their beliefs about themselves and their purpose were not something they took lightly. “The mystic-militaristic approach characteristic of Aztec religion…felt that the purpose of man’s creation was to provide blood for the maintenance of the Sun’s life” (Leon-Portilla, Aztec Thought & Culture, 122). With this perspective of themselves, the Aztecs believed that human sacrifice was not only justified but necessary for the lives of civilization

Aztec While the Aztecs were first traveling to the Valley of Mexico, they were influenced by the people around them. They learned many skills that strengthened their abilities as warriors. Later in 1519, while the Aztecs Empire was still, growing, Spaniards were eager to claim land for Spain in a hunt for gold and other riches. The Mexica claimed that their homeland was a island in a lake called Aztland, meaning “the place of the white heron.” The Toltecs had been the last of the powerful Mesoamericans

The People of the Sun The Aztecs, the people of the sun, people of reason and the people of knowledge. The Aztecs knew the land; they were one with the earth using the stars for direction and time telling and the earth as a producer of life. The universe was sacred, it was to be preserved, treated and used as a source of life because for the Aztecs the sun was life, they are the people of the sun. Conquering was very important to the Aztecs; they were warriors, strong ones who trained their

of the last societies to arise were the Aztecs. The Aztecs originated from groups of people that were migrating from a lake named, Aztlan, towards the valley of Mexico. They transformed from just a small group of explores into a successful empire during this time. Aztecs had a very unique culture, their religion influenced most of their life. Their religion was expressed through their rituals, everyday life, and art. Even before they settled down, the Aztecs depended on their Gods to guide them to

The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th century. They were a civilization with a rich mythology and cultural heritage. Their capital was Tenochtitlan on the shore of Lake Texcoco. From their magnificent capital city, Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs emerged as the dominant force in central Mexico, developing an intricate religious. Ancient Aztec religion was different interaction of gods, dates, directions and colors. The most preoccupation in the religion of the