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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's goods transported and their safety ensured?

The Aztecs transported their goods by foot (carrying them) and by boat. Like most peoples of that era, they had no systematic methods of assuring the safety of their goods, other than rapid consumption after harvesting or construction.

Which god told the Aztecs to find a eagle on a cactus and a rattlesnake in the eagles mouth?

it was god Huitzilopochtli that told the Aztecs to find an eagle devouring a serpant on a catus and where they spotted that eagle that is where they were supposed to setttle.

What led to spanish victory over the Aztecs?

Epidemic disease played a prominent role in aiding Spanish victory over Aztec society. Smallpox was responsible for the death of thousands of Aztecs during Hernán Cortés' siege of the capital city of Tenochtitlan, eventually spreading throughout Mexico. The unintentional introduction of "Old World" diseases into the New World was unprecedented, and therefore the indigenous peoples lacked proper resistance to combat such illness.

In addition to disease, the Spanish implemented the use of technologies such as weapons and horses that provided them with numerous advantages.

Lastly, in the case of Cortés, division among the native inhabitants and the alliances he formed provided support and security.

What is the Aztecs favourite colour?

I think it is terracotta because most pots in that time were terracotta.

What colors did Aztecs use to make their masks?

dark colours such as

black

dark green

dark blue

dark red

white

Who sacrificed the Aztecs?

They sacrificed soldiers that they captures on war but they also practiced self sacrifice, the spilling of one's own blood to apace the gods and bring fertility to the land. Fir example always one young Aztec men was kept in Tenochtitlan for a year until the festival of Tezclaticopa when he was sacrificed. The Huey Tlatoani (king) before his ascension to the throne had to give some of his own blood to the gods

What class did most people in the Inca empire belong?

Most Inca's were commoners, who worked as farmers and herders. They practiced slavery, but had their own sense on how to do it. Most of the people belonged to commoners. Commoners would as farmers and herders.

Why did Aztec fall?

The Spanish Conquistadores Kicked The Maya, Aztec and Incas, Poop filled asses

What is Montezuma's full name?

Moctezuma Ilhuicamina or for present day distinctions Moctezuma I

Moctezuma Xocoyotzin = Moctezuma II known for being the ruler of the Aztecs during the Spanish conquest against Hernan Cortes

there are alot of different spelling for Moctezuma

Did the Aztecs have primitive farming techniques?

Farming was the main activity in Aztec life, and as the land that the Aztecs inhabited was not very fertile, they had to resort to irrigation, fertilizers, and constructing terraces into hills in order to create flat land. As a lot of the land was swampy, they also came up with a method of creating "floating" gardens, called chinampas.

To create chinampas, canals were dug through the marshes and swamps, and alternating layers of weeds, muck and earth were piled into rectangular cane frames between the canals. Trees were then planted on the corners, which secured the chinampa once they had taked root. So the chinampas were not actually floating, but would appear to be doing so. They made very effective use of the space available to them. Corn, avocados, beans, chili peppers, squash, and tomatoes were among the vegetables that could be planted on the chinampas.

In the area of Xochimilco, the chinampas are still in use. The area was first used by the Aztecs for chinampa farming after they conquered it from the previous inhabitants, seven Nahua tribes, who themselves moved into the area between the eighth and tenth centuries AD.

What do you call the chief god of the Aztecs?

It's kind of difficult to answer this, because that's generally not how pantheism works.

Either Huitzilopoctli (a creator god, and the one who supposedly led them to their capital city) or Quetzlcoatal (another creator god, and the patron of rulers) would be good choices. Other candidates would be Tezcatlipoca (another creator god, but usually regarded as evil) or Xipe Totec (yet another creator god... Aztec mythology was a bit, shall we say, complex).

What was the Aztec leader's vision?

A cactus in bloom with a snake getting eaten by a eagle on an island in the middle of a logoon

What did Aztec gods control?

sun and sea and land and water

How did the Aztecs cease to exist?

The soanish came with their leader Hernem Cortes and invaded the aztecs.The rest of the aztecs died of sickness brought over by the spaniards

Where did they sacrifice humans?

Anywhere in the world.It ultra rare and it is simular to murdering. Furthermore, gods do not want people to live. So, other people murder ( or sacrifice) others to please the gods