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Aztecs
The Aztecs were active in Mexico from the 14th through 16th centuries. They are most famous for their practice of human sacrifice.
6,012 Questions
What factors contributed to the Spanish defeat of the Incas?
Their whiter skin and many alien encounters
What best describes the factors that enabled cortez to defeat the Aztecs?
Disease , allies and more men
Why was the Aztec empire defeated?
The Aztec empire was defeated because the Spanish had more power and money than the Aztecs did
Who were the Aztec eagles in World War 2?
The Aztec Eagles were a group of Mexican pilots who joined because a German U-Boat torpedoed one of their Cargo ships.
How many days were there in an Aztec month?
The Aztec year consisted of eighteen months, each having 20 days
What technological and medical advances did the Aztec and Inca have that the europeans did not?
Look in the World Civilizations Text Book AP Edition for the answer.
How did the Aztecs rip out a persons heart?
they would cut the chest with a knife and then reach into the cavity and take the heart out.
its a gruesome act but it was all for sacrifice.
What was the Aztec capital and what was unusual about it?
The Aztec capital was Tenochtitlan. It was unusual because it was largely built on an island in the middle of the lake. The city became huge and was easily defendable, because the bridges that linked the city to the shore could be removed or destroyed. The Aztecs created a city dominated by towering step pyramid temples and palaces with a complex city plan. Legends from the Spanish conquest say that the city was liberally decorated ("sheathed") in gold. The Spanish utterly destroyed the original city when the invaded it and built a new one on the top - this has become Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.
How did the Aztecs become rich and powerful?
the Aztecs became such a powerful empire because they offered people a choice to either join the empire and keep there belief's and the leader or be massacred in a war. the Aztec's gave the tribe a day or 2 to think about the offer and then acted on the tribes decision.
and there massaging system was astounding! they had designated "runners" or messengers that would run a message to the other end of the conversation. and that's how the Aztecs became so powerful
Why were the Aztecs hated and feared by the people they conquered?
They were hated and feared because they sacrificed them.
What surprised cortez about the Aztec capital city?
Aztec Civilization was as Sophisticated as his own.
There was the Emperor
The Nobles
The Priest and warriors
The commoners
and the slaves
The main 2 classes are though: Nobles and commoners.
How did the Spanish defeat Aztec and the Inca?
When Cristobal Colon came to America he brought diseases which decimated the populations of the Natives, As much as 95 percent of the indigenous population died as a result of the disease brought by Cristobal Colon. So by the time Hernan Cortez and Francisco Pizarro Came to conquer the Mexica/Inca it was already ravaged by disease.
The Spaniards also used the the City/States conquered by the Inca And Mexica(Aztec)against them by aligning with them to conquer the Inca and Mexica.
What Spanish nobleman led an expedition to conquer the Aztecs empire in what is now central Mexico?
Hernan Cortez
Were the Aztecs fine astronomers and mathematicians?
No, it was the Mayans that were great astronomers and mathematicians
The last emperor of the Aztecs was Cuauhtémoc: (1520-1524). You can read about other Aztec rulers at the link below.
