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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.
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White gold is an alloy of gold and silver, while Aztec gold was an alloy of gold and copper, also known as "tumbaga". The proportions of gold versus copper varied in different pieces of Aztec gold. Tumbaga then is more similar to rose gold, which is an alloy of roughly 75% gold with 25% copper (although this also may vary).
What disease did many Aztecs die from?
Most of the Aztecs died from a disease they had never seen before, which was SmallPox. When the Spanish conquestadors came over to conquer the Aztecs, they brought over this deadly diseas that ultimately wiped out the Aztecs.
Did Cristobal Colon conquered the Aztecs?
No he did not conquered the Aztec that will be Hernán Cortés
Did the Inca civilization have gold?
yes, alot of it. the incas had more gold than any other native American tribe.
but then Spain took almost all of it. and eventually destroyed the economy of Spain with all the gold, silver and other precious metals they were bringing in from the Americas.
there was this rumor that Spaniards made when they first discovered how much gold the incas had, that they started saying you could build an entire bridge made out of gold all the way from (what is know Peru) all the way across the ocean to Spain.
How was the Aztec civilization conquered?
the Aztec civilization was conquered / how they were conquered. I..I.. I don't know.
The Aztecs used two calendars One was for the ritual year and the other was for the?
Solar Calendar :)
What did the Aztec warriors wear?
The jaguar warriors wore the skin of jaguars to intimidate their oponent.
the women; who do ya think? this isn't 1996 people! its always the same story; men hunt, women cook. are you that unlogical?
He thought that Cortes was a god, Quezalcoatl, but he was not. He sent Cortes gifts but warned him against coming to Tenochtitlan.
Why did Montezuma give the Spanish gold?
the cortez men made montezuma stay because they wanted gold . he filled up 2 rooms with gold and he still didnt let him go . in the middle of the night they made a brige . they cut the piece of brick and made a brige to the boat that they wanted to escape on.
What is one of the factors that contributed to the downfall of both the Inca and the Aztec empires?
Although the Incas had learned to smelt metals, they had not built metal armor, and neither they nor the Aztecs had built weapons using gunpowder. These allowed the much smaller forces of the Spanish to defeat larger armies.
On a separate level, both the Spanish and the native tribes had been exposed to different sets of natural diseases. The Spanish contracted yellow fever and similar illnesses. But the much larger populations of natives were more severely afflicted by the European diseases brought by the conquistadors.
In what other areas might the Aztec knowledge have helped the spanish?
The Aztec knowledge of agriculture and irrigation systems could have helped the Spanish in adapting to the local environment and maximizing food production. Additionally, their understanding of herbal medicine and natural remedies could have been useful in treating Spanish soldiers who fell ill. Their knowledge of astronomy and mathematics may have also been beneficial in navigation and surveying land.
