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The Aztecs

The Aztecs. Location of Culture: Southern Mexico, (Valley of Mexico) above the Yucatan Penn. Population: over a million. By Karissa Fults and Grant Stein. Description of Aztecs . Capital: Tenochtitlan, founded March 13, 1325. Language: Nahuatl. Religion: unique Aztec culture.

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The Aztecs

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  1. The Aztecs Location of Culture: Southern Mexico, (Valley of Mexico) above the Yucatan Penn. Population:over a million By Karissa Fults and Grant Stein

  2. Description of Aztecs Capital: Tenochtitlan, founded March 13, 1325 Language: Nahuatl Religion:unique Aztec culture Government: Hegemonic Empire Area: 500,000 km squared Currency: no known currency. Aztecs bartered. Social Class Structure: 1. Noble Class 2. Peasants 3. Slaves 4. Traveling Merchants

  3. History of the Aztecs • Mexica, (Aztecs) came to the Valley of Mexico in the mid-13th century. • The Mexicas settled around Lake Texcoco. • Became city-states and formed coalition called the Aztec Triple Alliance. • Expanded under powerful warlike rulers. • The Spanish contacted the Aztecs not long after this civilization’s height. • Conquistadors allied with Aztec enemies to crush them. • Approximately half the population in Tenochtitlan died during the siege from Smallpox. • Two more epidemics struck, another of smallpox, and another of typhus. • Population in Valley of the Moon fell 60%.

  4. Traditions and Rituals • The Aztecs have a Sun Stone (wrongly named “The Calendar Stone”) that is symbolic of the four disasters that destroyed the four prior Universes in Aztec cosmology. They also dedicated it to their sun god, Tonatiuh. • The Aztecs performed human sacrifice as a religious ritual. Some considered it an honor to be killed as a sacrifice. Sun Stone Sacrificial Offering

  5. Customary Dress Men: • Loincloths were made of a long piece of fabric, usually maguey or cotton. They went around the legs and tied in front. • A sleeveless poncho was worn under a cloak or slung over their shoulders. • The rectangular cloak was tied across the shoulders or chest. Used to determine rank and as a blanket. Women: • Skirt wrapped around hips and waist, covered half-way down the legs. • A small robe clothed the upper body with sleeves going half-way down the arms. • Sleeveless blouse went down past hips.

  6. Tools and Technology of the Aztecs • No iron or bronze • Scrapers and flake blades made with obsidian and chert. • Axe blades made by stone and copper • Wood, bone, and steel also used • No wheeled vehicles

  7. Foods of the Aztecs • Fruit • Veggies • Tomatoes • Avocados • Spices • Atole (porridge) • Tortillas • Tacos • Tamales • Chocolate • Birds • Dogs

  8. Other Interesting Information • Sports: Tlachtli (a cross between soccer and basketball) and Patolli (a cross between dice and tic-tac-toe). Patolli was played between Cortez and Moctezuma II. • Codices were long, single folded sheets of paper, made of either fig bark or plant fibers, often with a layer of whitewash applied before writing.They recorded information and kept records. • The cursed coins in “Pirates of the Caribbean” are said to be from the Aztec culture. They could not be from the ancient Aztecs because they had no currency; they bartered. • Crystal skulls, like those in “Indiana Jones” were said to be made by meso-american cultures, like the Aztecs and Maya. The ones from Indian Jones were Incan.

  9. Bibliography http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/LASA97/ludden.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skull http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_army http://www.mahalo.com/Aztec_Civilization http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/mesoamerica/aztec.html http://www.crystalinks.com/azteculture.html http://www.aztec-indians.com/aztec-culture.html http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/AZTECS.HTM Google Images!

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