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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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Why did the Aztec built floating gardens?
"Floating gardens" is a common misconception of the Chinampa system. It was used by the Aztec people to reclaim dry land from the Lake Texcoco: they built a palm and wood fence in the Lake shore, filled it with mud and planted above this "artificial island" several kinds of vegetation that absorbed the water and nutrients.
Where did Aztecs move after they left central Mexico and why?
They didn't. They migrated from the US southwest, from a mythical place known as Aztlan, and migrated southward into present-day Mexico City.
It is believed a civil war or another such conflict resulted in several factions from the original Aztecs to split and become the Mexica. Hence the name of their city: Mexico-Tenochtitlan.
What actions did the Spanish do to demonstrate their power to the Aztecs?
They had sexual intercourse with the Aztec's dogs. They also defecated in the food of the Aztecs when they weren't looking.
Who is Queen Papantzin of Mexico?
She was a Texcocan princess, sister-in-law of Moctezuma II, last emperor of Mexico. It is believed she had a vision in 1509, prophesying the conquest of the Aztec people by "foreign invaders". Thirteen years later, such prophesy became true when Hernan Cortes and his Spanish conquistadores destroyed the Aztec civilization.
How did Cortes capture the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan?
He made a fluvial siege, using Spanish "bergantines" and other tribes' support. He use the main bridges to the city and advanced with the Spanish infantry.
How did the Aztecs thank their god for helping them find a place to settle?
They would sacrifice humans over a alter and get a sharp stone and cut out the heart of the sacrifice (normally a prisoner) and but it in a bowl and give it to there gods.
How did the Aztecs influence your world today?
Without the Aztecs inventions and ideas, we wouldn't have clocks or astrology. Yes that's true.
The Mayans lived in a civilized southern section of Mexico. They were farmers by trade so they found land that was fertile and had a water that was abundant.
Why was Aztec mythology so complicated?
The Aztec's mythology consisted of gods from their earlier ancestors, ones they created themselves, and the gods of tribes they conquered.
Did the Aztec civilization developed in a lowland environment?
No. They founded their empire on a highland environment. Their capital Tenochtitlan, was located on present-day Mexico City, with an elevation of some 2,240 meters (7,349 feet).
Moctezuma was the ruler of Aztecs when Cortes arrived. I'm sure there were plenty more before him, but he was the last.
Not at all. The first "Mexicans" were nomadic people that inhabited those lands since some 30,000 years ago. Small villages with domesticated maize, squash and beans first appeared by 2,600 to 2,400 B.C. The first true civilization in the region were the Olmecs, who began to found extensive cities since 1,200 BC.
In fact, the Aztecs were the last pre-columbian civilization to settle in Mexico, who founded their first city on March 13, 1325 and in less that two centuries later, dominated most of central and southern Mexico.
