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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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That's called mesoamerica. It is just basically from Mexico to the southern countries like Honduras, Belice, El Salvador, etc. But the aztecs only lived in what now is called Mexico.
The aztecs had many problems with their habitat, only 10% of the soil of that area was suitable for crops and the water at Lake Texcoco was mostly salty.
What are some examples of the primary soursces about the aztec's conquest?
they had better materials to fight with
Describe the social structure of the Aztec empire?
Basically in social classes by the Aztecs, it was the ruler that came first, then below him were nobles, then were the warriors, and at the bottom were the slaves.
How did the mayans and Aztecs fit the definition civilization?
The Aztecs we a people which would be called a civilization or a society of which people were learning in advance pace or just learning and building thing such as technology so yes I would call the Aztec, Incas ,and Mayas a civilization.
Why did the Aztecs settle were they did?
The Aztecs settled where they did because the emperor had a dream of an eagle sitting on a cactus eating a snake. So the emperor took his tribe out searching for this vision and he seen it. So they settled there and named it Tenochtitlan.
When was the first contact between europeans and Aztecs?
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away...
Who was the first empire of the Aztecs?
Montezuma was the leader during the first empire of the Aztecs. This was during the fifteenth century. There was some time between the ruling of Montezuma 1 and Montezuma 2.
Were all of the Aztec subjects of Aztec Culture?
As a matter of fact, no. The Aztecs used a system of government based on indirect rule, which meant that subjects (even conquered enemies and cities) only had to pay tribute to the empire. This allowed individuals to conduct their own personal affairs without involvement from the Aztecs and also allowed subjects to have their own personal beliefs and culture. Of course, many Aztecs did fear the wrath of the gods and obeyed traditional cultural beliefs, such as human sacrifice.
Did the Aztecs have an empire?
The Aztecs did in fact have an empire. This empire was actually a very famous empire back in the day.
Were all the Aztecs subjects of Aztec Culture?
They combined all of the subjects culture's in to one pretty much!
Adding everthing they agreed on to make a really great culture towards the end of their length of time they had a stable belief as to what their culture was about!!
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cocoabeans mostly and some cotton, cloaks, gold dust, and copper
What role did war play in the Aztec Empire?
most important thing about the Aztecs warfare was to take use the people they defeated as sacrifices
How did one Aztec describe the spanish conqueror's lust for gold?
"Their bodies swelled with greed; They had hungered like pigs for that gold." .......Thats the actually comment it says in my history book so it is correct.
The Aztec woman were expected to raise children, comb and spin cotton into thread, and weave cloth and make clothes for the family. They also helped with the harvest and sold any extra produce in the market. When their children became adults they could become matchmakers, midwives or healers.
How many Aztecs fought against Cortes?
Alright. there were no actual soldiers of the Aztec empire. during the celebration they had. (The Aztecs thought they were gods because they had horses). But in the death toll there were almost 300,000 thousand people who had died. only 25 of Cortes 1000 men had died. Of course the Aztecs were defeated.
Why?
- Spanish Had Guns
- Aztecs had Sticks with Rocks at the end.
- Ya... Easy as that
