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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 Aztecs want prisoners of war?
Prisoners were used as sacrifices to their gods; the prisoners would be taken to the Aztec temple and murdered.
The Aztecs didn't exactly disappear from the face of the earth; the Aztec civilization disappeared. Many did die from diseases brought by the Europeans but their culture and civilization was disrupted by the early European explorers, causing the people became scattered. Decedents of the Ancient people still live in Mexico and Central America today.
What made the Aztec capital an extraordinary city?
They had the first weaponry and were very violent and into war and took over many kingdoms.
What role did the spanish play in the Aztec civilization?
The spanish conquistadors under Hernan Cortes attacked the Aztec civilization, because they thought it was a city of gold. It took two attempts, but they finally captured Tenochtitlan with the help of the rival Mexican tribes.
Why were Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli so important to the Aztecs?
because he helped them win war and provided them with sun
How come the Aztecs thought they had to worship their gods?
They thought they lived in the fifth world, they thought their gods and goddesses had sacrificed their life for them so in return they gave them the most precious thing. Life♥
What impact did the Europeans have on Aztecs?
It was so that the Spain's. Invaded so that they could get the gold that the Aztecs had.
What natural resources did the Aztec Indians have?
Ok the answer is..... cacutuses! tHEY USED CACTUS FIBERS FOR CLOTHES! they also ate cactus and sold gold that they bought with their lifesavers....
Did the Aztecs paint on their faces?
they would paint on their faces. they were smart and they didn't use non toxic things. they used mojstly fruit that would stain. 9blue berries, and raspberries
What was the main reason Hernan Cortes wanted to conquer the Aztec people?
He was determined to break the Aztec's power.
Who helped Hernando Cortes to conqer the Aztecs?
No one helped him except 650 soldiers that brought disease too.The Aztecs thought Hernando Cortes was their god.
The rise and fall of the Inca empires?
We do not have first-hand information from the Inca people about the beginnings
of their empire because the Inca did not have a written language. People who
study the Inca civilization have pieced together information from different
sources. They believe that the Inca people started living in the Cuzco Valley in
A.D. 1100.
By the early 1400s, the Inca empire still reached only 20 miles beyond the capital
city of Cuzco. Rulers Viracocha Inca, and later his son, Pachacuti Inca,
increased the size of the Inca empire through conquest. From the 1400s to the
early 1500s, the empire grew and developed.
After a civil war in the Inca empire, the triumphant ruler Atahualpa agreed to
meet with a Spanish explorer named Francisco Pizarro. This was in the year
1532.
Instead of the peaceful meeting Atahualpa expected, the Spaniards took him
captive. Atahualpa tried to meet the Spaniards' demands for silver and gold, but
he was killed in 1533. The Inca army fought the Spaniards but lost the war in
1536. Inca warriors continued to fight the Spaniards. When the last Inca leader
was killed in 1572, the Inca empire was officially over. Like the Aztecs, many
inhabitants of the Inca empire died as a result of the diseases the explorers
unknowingly brought with them. The Spaniards forced the Inca to convert to
Christianity.
Why were Aztecs called the heart eating Aztecs?
I don't believe the Aztecs actually ate hearts. However, they did sacrifice people by cutting out their hearts while they were still alive. Apparently, the still beating heart was a great gift to the Gods!
Another little fact is that they also thought that children were the best to sacrifice!
The Aztecs may have been called 'heart-eating Aztecs' because, during war, the Aztec soldiers would capture the enemy. After the battle, the prisoners of war would be sacrificed. Seeing as how the priest only needed the heart for the Gods, the rest of the body was untouched. However, the Aztecs also believed it was customary for the person who caught the sacrifice to eat the rest of the body... which is maybe why the Aztecs were called 'heart-eating Aztecs'.
What country's capital was built in the middle of a lake?
I asked this question and none of you knew so i figured it out so i thought i'd tell you. The country is Mexico. The city is Tenoctitlan. There you go hope that helped!
