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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 is the social structure about the Aztecs?
ruler
and everyone else
Commoners were able to achieve some social mobility by success on the battle field.
Women held substantial power- dominated household, markets,were revered as teachers, preistesses (some), and the founders of lineage
war was infused with religion. all men were expected to be warriors. Everyone conquered became Aztecs and had to abide to Ruler's rules. The Ruler was considered to be a god. Conquered people were forced to provide goods and labor as a tax (tribute system)
What events led to open confilcts between the Aztecs and the conquistador?
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What is the difference between the Aztecs and the spanish wealth?
The difference between them is that the spanish had guns and billion dollars worth of ruins that they stole from the Incas and the Aztec only had bows and arrows and they traded to buy foods and everything.
Did the Aztecs win the war against the spanish people?
No, the Spanish won the war due to superior technology (I.E guns).
How many spanish fought in the battle against Aztec Warriors?
600 Conquistadors landed in Mexico, but Cortes gained troops as he marched to Tenochtitlan
How did the Aztecs create their capital city?
they created their city by building a base on a marsh which they then developed into a city where the capital was tenochtitlan
Yes mexicans are aztec the very word mexican means aztec nation in fact most native american tribes from mexico to canada are direct descendent of the "aztecs" including the koras,navajo,zepotec,apache,hopi,zuni and all share the same DNA.Mexica migrated from modern day western united states south ,north,east,and west now while the spanish did in fact take over the aztec empire they did not destroy its people genetically speaking a large portion of the populous was mixed with spanish blood gas long since been diluted over the generations to not matter enough to say mexicans are spanish and not aztecs or mexica
Did the Aztec perfrom sacrifices?
yes , the priest took of their heart and held it hot and beating to the sun. The person will then die and believed that he/she's request will happen after their deaths.
What happened to the city after the Spaniards captured the city of the Aztecs?
After the Spaniards captured the Aztec city, they destroyed everything and stole the valuable gold.
Which conrtibuted most to the fall of the Aztec empire?
Spain contributed to the fall of their empire
They invented it with the bark and sap,from the tree.It probley wasnt as advanced as our gum to day and not loaded with all of the sugar,but it was still gum.
Did Aztecs' really sacrifice peoples hearts and offer them to the sun god?
Yes. The Aztecs did do human sacrifices of their hearts and gave it to their sun of god, Huitzilopochtli.
Aztecs believed that the gods would give them water if they gave them animal or human blood- they needed water because the gods had sent a drought.
