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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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What did the Aztecs people wear in the Aztec period?

Here are two types ofwarriors and how they dressed.

Eagle knights were one of the highest ranks in the Aztec army. These warriors would have been important because they were believed to be knights of the sun god. They would have to be brave and train a lot. They wore a helmet with a beak and would be decorated with feathers.

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Jaguar knights were the same rank to an eagle knight they were believed to be warriors of the night sky. They would wear a jaguar skin because.....go to http://hubpages.com/hub/aztec-warfare to find out more.

What are chinampas in Aztec time?

Chinampas is a special word sort of for "floating gardens." The chinampas were created because of space. The Aztecs didn't have enough room for farmland, so they created the" floating gardens" in a river near the market. Everyday they would pull the rope to pull it in and pick the grown crops. After picking them they would put more seeds in and put it back out to float. They never had to water the chinampas because lived on the water.

How did the Aztecs sacrifice their victims?

They sacrificed by cutting the body open with either bone or obsidian and taking out the heart.

Why did the Aztec die out?

The Aztecs died out because of Hernando who came in with over 500 soldiers and killed off the race of the Aztecs

Did the Aztecs use carriges to get around?

no because they did't have any animals to carry such things as carridges and plus the didn't have any wheeled veichles only on little children pull toys because they took allot of pride in their stength they thought i t was lazy

What was the sacrifice the Aztecs did?

they placed people on a rock and then tied there leg and arms to the ground then used a knive to cut out their hearts afterward they choped their head of and roled the dead body and the head down the Aztec step pyramid.

Why did the Aztec were jewelry?

Aztecs wore jewelry to show how wealthy they were.

What role did human sacrifice play in Aztec society?

Human sacrifice played a significant role in the Aztec culture. It was believed that life itself sprung from dead bodies, because their world was believed to be created by the sacrifice of the gods.

Who was the king of the Aztecs when Hernan invaded the Aztecs?

When Hernan Cortes invaded Tenochtitlan and the Aztec empire, the Aztecs were being ruled by Moctezuma II. Moctezuma was a very religious men so he thought that Cortes was the god Quetzalcoatl coming back to his land. Before the Spanish conquistador came to Mexico, about 9 omens (weird signs or things that happened that meant that a big change was coming) appeared, so Moctezuma thought that those omens meant that Quetzalcoatl was coming back.

Later Hernan Cortes used this as an advantage to conquer the Aztec empire.

What celebrations did the Aztecs have?

Human sacrifice

The New Fire Ceremony

How did the Spanish affect the Aztecs normal life?

because they took over and the Aztec people became slaves

What were the four Mesoamerican civilizations?

In approximate chronological order, they were

  • Olmecs (c. 1500 BC - 400BC)
  • Mayans (Maya) (c. 2000 BC-1500 AD, tribal influence continues to present)
  • Toltecs (c. 800-1000 AD)
  • Aztecs (c. 1300-1600 AD)

What are the Aztecs like?

  1. A member of a people of central Mexico whose civilization was at its height at the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century.
  2. The Nahuatl language of the Aztecs.

What type rules did Aztecs have?

One of their rules was that if the emperor was out everyone had to look down at the ground, and lay out their cloaks for the emperor to walk over.

Who was the Aztecs king or queen?

She was the sky queen. The king ruled the sun. The moon goddess got between them and the spilt up. The queen was ferrous, so she had a crystal skull that would please the sun so much he would bring the world endless light. Light the world a flame. But I don't know their names.

What did the Aztecs land look like?

Well personally i don't think it looks the way it was supposed to but the Aztecs thought it looked like an eagle eating a snake and sitting on a tree branch.

Edit- That is not what the land looked like, the first Aztec people were looking for an eagle that was holding a snake in it's talons and sitting on a cactus. When they found that they knew that they were supposed to stay in the land where they found the sign.

What were the different groups that made up Aztec society?

they were nobles,commoners,unskilled laborers,and enslaved peoples.

What was the life of an Aztec child like?

From the day a baby was born, his or her fate was controlled by the gods. The baby was brought to the priest to find out its fate. Would it live or die? Once that was determined, the baby began to learn hard work. Boys were taught to be good warriors and girls were taught to take care of the home.

The rich boys attended school from the age of 12. They went for three years to train to be a warrior, to learn the Aztec traditions and to learn about the Aztec calendar. Boys from common families also went to school to learn how to use and make weapons, to learn how to farm the land and to learn about the Aztec religion. All boys and girls learned the traditional songs and dances of the ancient Aztecs.

What did the Aztecs use the pyramdis?

Aztecs used the pyramids to honor and sacrifices human bodies and human blood for their gods.