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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 wood did Aztecs use for spears?
By many accounts, the Aztecs had a number of weapons made from wood-- these weapons were usually derived from the oak tree, but in some cases, from a tepozan tree (a type of tree native to Mexico). Spears and lances were partly wood, but they had sharp tips made from flint or cooper or bone.
What common characteristics did the Aztec and Inca empire share?
They are both people and in the Americas
What help cortez to defeat the Aztecs?
Well Disease, rifles, and allies helped Cortez defeat the Aztecs.
In which modern countries did the Aztec civilization exist?
the Aztec society lived in Mexico on a small island they called Tenochtitlan
Do Aztecs have same-sex marriage?
No, the Aztecs do not have anything. They are all dead. But when they were alive, they did have same-sex marriage and full equality for gay people.
What European country was responsible for the destruction of the Aztec and the Inca empires?
The main contributor to the destruction of the Aztecs and most other Native American Tribes of the region was the Spanish. After Christopher Columbus voyaged to find the far east and stumbled upon the Americas, the Spanish dedicated more resources to exploration of the "New World". Later, in 1518, Hernán(Hernando) Cortés, who failed at being a governor of Cuba during fourteen years of office, led an army to conquer the Yucatan Peninsula. His first attempt at conquering the great city of Tenochititlan was thwarted; however, due to Spain's technological advances (guns) and military supremacy (cavalry) Cortés eventually overtook the city, and continued his domination throughout present day Mexico and central america.
Who conqured the Aztecs and the incas?
Hernando Cortez conqured the Aztec Empire and Francisco Pizarro conqured the Incan Empire, who were both Spanish Conquistadors.
Did Aztecs think chocolate was important?
yes, because it was made from coco beans and they believed coco beans were god food.
Chocolate was also important to Aztecs because you were able to use it as money or for trades.
What was the name of the Aztec's empire?
the triple Alliance.This was an alliance between texcoco,tlacopan and tenochclitlan.The citzens of Tenochlitlan were called mexica.That is where the name Mexico comes from.
What advantages allowed the spanish to conqer the Aztecs?
Guns Germs and Steel ;) they had advanced weaponry, foreign diseases that the Aztecs had no immunitity to as well as as the means to make tools and other necessary epuipment to enable survival and atonomy along the shores and continent.
What led to the downfall of both the Incas and Aztecs?
The emperor Montezuma ruined the Aztec empire. many domestic problems,revolt from high tributes. Overall they both declined from spanish conquistadors and the desease named "smallpox" that they brong with them. It killed them instantly.
How did the Aztecs manage to stay living in Mexico when people hated them so much?
They managed to stay in Mexico because they wanted to rule mexico as there country.
Was the Spanish unable to overpower the Aztecs and the Incas with their superior weaponry?
The Spanish had superior weaponry, but the Aztecs had many more people, and the Spanish had to flee a few times, or ally with natives, in order to take over. They also did lots of tricky things like kidnapping and giving permission for celebrations and then turning them into massacres. I don't think that there was ever much doubt that they would eventually overcome; just they had to change their timing and alter their plans sometimes because of the strength of the natives.
What became of the Aztec's empire?
The Aztec Empire was the most powerful Mesoamerican kingdom of all time.
