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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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How were the Aztec runners called?
tequihuatitlantlis, war messengers
yciucatitlantis, carry urgent information like the arrival of the Spanish
painanis, "the one of light feet" whom carry religious information....
What region extends from modern day Mexico through central Americas?
his civilization lasted 3,500 years, from about 2000 B.C.E. to 1500 C.E. At its peak, it included present-day southern Mexico and large portions of Central America.
How might Tenochtitlan location have been both a benefit and a hindrance to the Aztecs?
It was beneficial because the island kept them safe from there enemies that casted them to the area in the first place. Also they had the ability to make fertile land by digging up the mud from the lake floor. It was a hindrance because they had issues getting fresh water, but this changed when their empire grew because they built a form of aqueduct that reached the city. Historically the land that the Aztecs were forced to live on was highly undesirable and considered to be slum like by their neighbors that forced the Aztec populace to live there. by albaraa alamrani
What did the people of Mesoamerica treasure because of the beauty of its feathers?
The quetzal. I had this same question and i found it so i thought i would help you out! we are studying the Maya and Aztecs in school and we have to do a crazy long word search on it and this is one of the questions. I looked everywhere on the Internet, my book, and this website but i couldn't find it anywhere. I finally found it and so i decided to help you out because i know this is a really hard answer to find. Sorry about the long response, haha.
What is the Nahuatl word for hello?
hello can be translated as any of the following:
- Niltze
- Tialli
- Pialli
Where did the Aztecs get obsidian from?
Mostly from the Aztec city-states of Pachuca and Otumba. Pachuca's greenish obsidian was considered better quality, and was favored, but Otumba's greyish obsidian was also in common demand.
Did the Aztec Indians wear lions?
Not exactly. What we usually think of when we use the term "lions" are the felines of the species Panthera Leo which are currently indigenous only to Africa - although historically their range included parts of southern Europe and southwest Asia.
There were plenty of large felines in the area where the Aztecs lived however including jaguars (Panthera onca) and cougars (Puma concolor). There were also several more moderately sized cats like the lynx, ocelot, and jaguarundi. The Aztecs were known to wear skins of the jaguar - especially for cerimonial purposes - and may have worn skins from some of the other large cats.
Historically there was a "lion" of the genus Panthera that was native to the Americas; the Panthera atrox - American lion or North American cave lion. It is possible but doubtful that the Aztecs encountered this beast since it is believed to have gone extinct 11,000 years ago. If they or their ancestors encountered it, it would probably have made a significant impression on them since it was one of the largest types of cat ever to have existed, slightly larger than the Early Middle Pleistocene primitive cave lion, P. leo fossilis and about 25% larger than the modern African lion.
Why was the Aztec legal system positive?
The Aztec judicial system is seen as positive mostly because it mirrors our modern day sentiments regarding the law and its implementation. Aztecs ran three different levels of courts consisting of trial (Teccalli) for matters among the common people, appellate (Tlacxitlán) courts for criminal appeals and a supreme court ran by a Chief Justice with the title of Cihuacoatl. The Emperor only ruled on cases that were deemed too important for the courts alone. This particular model of government intrigued many of the Spanish that encountered the Aztecs due both its complex level of organization and the similarity to other legal systems already in place in Europe.
