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Who were the Aztecs?

The Aztec people were an ethnic people of central Mexico, who particularly spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th c… (MORE)

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What did Aztecs do?

They made sacrifices to their Gods on top of big pyramids. They did much more than that! This is from my own essay for history class: They built many things such as aqued…ucts, pyramids, temples, causeways, chinampas, dikes, etc. Since Tenochtitlan, their first city, was made on marshland, they had trouble building in the early days of the civilization. But then a discovery was made. If they anchored their buildings in the ground, using foundations made of wood, and they were able to build easily on this. Much of their architecture was based off of Teotihliacan, a city farther away which was believed to be the place of the gods. It was often referred to as "the pyramid of the sun" because it was supposed that there the sun was born, even though it was already in ruins when they got there. Their aqueducts were very important to their Daily Life. It gave them clean water, for a start. The aqueducts generally wound around a particular mountain, going off in small waterfalls to water the crops, and all ending up with the king's bath, in which he could look over the countryside and the people working on it. Some aqueducts about be used to bring clean water up to and over 3 miles, and there were public fountains, as well as water being brought to the workers by servants. Using something called a dike; they protected their clean, fresh water from the salt water. Nezahualcoyotl designed this. The dike had sleuth gates, so they could open and close it when they pleased, letting out water if it was getting flooded. In fact, they built this dike after a great flood had just happened, so they needed to be worried. Another very important part of their daily life was their causeways. These were built on the water, with wooden frames stuck into the ground and the filled it up with earth and rock. This way, the people could walk freely across water to bring riches and goods to the more powerful city-states. Sort of an Aztec version of FedEx, except, actually faster! Their postal service was quicker than ours now today! And keep in mind they built these causeways by human labor alone, and they traveled through them the same way, by human ways. A good example of a temple is temple major. Temples were used for sacrifices often, and some temples are even depicted in art with blood coming out of the walls. Something AMAZING that these people made are called chinampas. These are artificial floating gardens, made out of notched sticks and twigs and such. They were made by human labor ALONE and are so successful that they produce 7 crops a year which is not a problem. They only take about eight days to make and were connected to the city by canals. This way, they could extend their crops easily and would have no problem getting food for those 15 million mouths! There is MUCH MUCH more to talk about!!!! Please ask about specific things not a whole culture because its really complicated to talk about a whole, complex culture like the Aztecs. (MORE)

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What is Aztec?

Aztecs are the ancient civilization of atlantis who re built if almost exactly as described by plato only difrence was it was squar instead of circular no it look like a d… (MORE)

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What are the Aztecs and what did they do?

The Aztecs were an early group of nomads who settled in (well not literallyin) the lake Texcoco in Middle America, Central Mexico. They were hired as mercenaries by the locals… (MORE)

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About the Aztecs?

The Aztecs were active in Mexico from the 14th through 16th centuries. They are most famous for their practice of human sacrifice.

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Aztecs were from?

The Aztec people/tribe were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in t… (MORE)

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What did Aztec do?

They did many things, such as: -Sacrificed humans for their blood as a gift to the Gods -Built magnificent temples -Made "floating gardens" called Chinampas -Had many advanced… (MORE)

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Where the Aztecs from?

a place in Mexico they were their own little country they fought but the Spanish killed them with daisies and a place called techniques or something like that their r websites… (MORE)

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What did the Aztecs have?

the Aztecs had a variety of things. The Aztecs farmed on Chinampas which were floating gardens. Also, they had causeways which were roads that were about 2 feet higher then th… (MORE)

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Where is The Aztec?

The Aztecs lived in Central Mexico. Specifically, in the Valley of Mexico around Lake Texcoco.