The game was called 'tlachtli'. They believed this to be a game that the gods would play. The Aztecs thought that sky was the court of the gods and the sun was the ball. The preists would watch the games of 'tlachtli' to predict the future. This game held an immense amount of religeous importance. Points were scored on the movements players would preform with the ball, the number of times eitherteam got it throughthe hoop, and possezsion of the ball. The players were rewarded with fame, prizes, and the spectator's capes. Source(s): The Aztec News Phillip Steele Candlewick Press Massachusatts
Huitzilopochtli was the patron god of the Aztecs.
because they were keeping the Aztecs kept them alive.
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because they were just important.
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The Aztecs played a ball game
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Huitzilopochtli was the patron god of the Aztecs.
because they were keeping the Aztecs kept them alive.
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They had a game called Ullamaliztli."Ullamaliztli, the famous Aztec ball game, was played on a tlachtli ball court (the game is sometimes referred to as Tlachtli). The ball court was one of the first things built when the Aztecs settled a new area, making it the most important of the ancient Aztec games. It was a very difficult game played with a large rubber ball (the name of the game comes from the word ulli, or rubber). The game was not just important for entertainment, but also politics and religion."From
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I think that the dog was the more important animal.. :O