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The Aztec Indians

The Aztec Indians. By Michael and Julian. Aztec Religion. The Aztec people worship many different gods such as, “Tezcatlipoca”, the god of sorcery. Aztec built temples in honor of the different gods.

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The Aztec Indians

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  1. The Aztec Indians By Michael and Julian

  2. Aztec Religion • The Aztec people worship many different gods such as, “Tezcatlipoca”,the god of sorcery. • Aztec built temples in honor of the different gods. • They also built a temple in honor of all gods such as the king of gods, Huitzilopochtli, the sun god.

  3. Games • Ullamaliztli, is the most famous Aztec ball game of basically hitting a ball through a hole 20-30 feet in the air.(see above) • Patolli, is an ancient game that you would see all over the Aztec areas . • The games they played were sometimes for a religious matter such as the game patolli as said before is a religious game the god of patolli is also named Xochipilli (five flowers).

  4. Aztec Art • The Aztec made a large amount of rich art and most people in their paintings wore many things such as jewelry. • Even people in the every day life wore what people in paintings wore. • The Emperor didn’t wear his clothes twice only once.

  5. Aztec Language • The Aztec spoke Nahuan which was in Central Mexico for 1400 years. • The greatest language spoke by the Aztecs was called Nahuatl. • They only have 4 vowels: i, e, a, o • They also had only 18 consonants: p ,t ,l ,r ,n ,k ,m ,ch ,x ,c ,s ,z ,cu (qu) ,y ,hu ,p ,ç

  6. What Happened • The Aztecs began their tribes in the 6th century and they died out in 1525. • Before the empire was taken and destroyed by Spain the started to rebuild their city in a better view of the city. • One of their leaders, Cuauhetemoc, was hung by the Spaniards thus the fall of the Aztec empire was brought upon them.

  7. Aztec Culture • The Aztec people were well educated no matter who or what gender they were. • The only difference is that men had to go to school longer than girls so the men had a better education over all. • During their mid teens the Aztec women would have the choice to live peacefully with a family or go to the out house and work.

  8. Fun Facts • They only use weapons but never tools?! GRRR. • They were the most violent tribe in the whole wide world. What a lovely tribe?!?! • They play many different games that I bet are much fun!!!!! • Usually they went into war and won!!

  9. Location • There actually wasn’t a tribe named Aztec they are the Mexica people. • They lived in Central Mexico. After the Aztec constructed Tenochtitlan that later became Mexico City. • Then they decided to join cities with two others Texcoco and Tlapocan.

  10. What contributions have they made to present day society • They had used the poison arrow to hunt down there food. • They showed teamwork in war later on became the army. • The biggest contribution they made to today’s society is a really big communication system.

  11. Bibliography • http://www.aztec-indians.com/ • http://www.aztec-history.com/ • http://www.solarnavigator.net/ • http://www.firstpeople.us/ • http://www.teachyourselves.co.uk/ • http://www.ancienttreasures.com/ • http://www.kidspast.com/ • http://www.mysite.verizon.net/ • http://www.news.spirithit.com/ • http://www.incois.gov/ • http://www.twcenter.net/ • http://www.kidspast.com/

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