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Tenochtitlan

Tenochtitlan. By Sabarna Das. Tenochtitlan. 1325-1521 Capital of Aztec Empire Present day Mexico City Government: Monarchy Language: Nahuatl 200,000 inhabitants. Geography. Shallow part of Lake Texcoco Connected to mainland by causeways Lake Texcoco was endorheic basin lake

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Tenochtitlan

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  1. Tenochtitlan By Sabarna Das

  2. Tenochtitlan • 1325-1521 • Capital of Aztec Empire • Present day Mexico City • Government: Monarchy • Language: Nahuatl • 200,000 inhabitants

  3. Geography • Shallow part of Lake Texcoco • Connected to mainland by causeways • Lake Texcoco was endorheic basin lake • Levee kept the waters separated

  4. Planning of the city • 4 parts with 20 districts each • 3 main streets leading to three causeways • Each district had channels with bridges • Each district had a marketplace • Public building, temples and school in the center

  5. Templo Mayor • Temple in Tenochtitlan • Architectural style: late postclassic period of Mesoamerica • Temple for Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc • Built in 1325 and rebuilt 6 time

  6. Palace of Moctezuma II • Five buildings, near the National Palace • 2 zoos for hunting and watching • Botanical garden with a huge variety • Aquarium containing fish and aquatic birds. • It also included a dark room where Montezuma meditated.

  7. Agriculture • Artificial islands called Chinampas • Reed mats covered with mud on water • Fenced with mud, silt and rotten vegetables • Lots of healthy vegetables

  8. Class Structure • Five main social classes • Ruler considered semi divine • Ruler decided the officials • Highest ranking commoners: pochteca

  9. Family Life • Men had higher class than women • Married woman could own property and sell goods. • Some older women also practiced a profession • Commoners: both had to take of their children • Women did creative jobs

  10. Recreation • Played patolli • Everyone can play • Also played tlachtli like mayans • Nobles most likely to play

  11. Decline of Tenochtitlan • 1521: Seige of Tenochtitlan • Last battle before the decline • Led by Spanish conquistadorHernán Cortés

  12. Bibliography • "Tenochtitlan." n.d. Wikipedia. Date accessed: 15 Mar. 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenochtitlan • "Salem Press." Object Moved. Salem Press. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. http://salempress.com/store/samples/agri culture/agriculture_aztec.htm • "Templo Mayor." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templo_May or

  13. Bibliography contd. • "Montezuma's Palace Excavated In Mexico City | GroundReport." Hyperlocal News & Opinion Around the World. Ground Report. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. http://www.groundreport.com/Arts_and_ Culture/Montezumas-Palace-Excavated-In- Mexico-City/2863061 • "Farming." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/farmin g.html

  14. Bibliography contd. • "Common-place: Imperial City of the Aztecs: Mexico-Tenochtitlan." Common-place. Common Place. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. http://www.common-place.org/vol-03/no- 04/mexico-city/ • “Daily Life in Tenochtitlan” n.p. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~loo/worldstud/a mericas/Chap25Aztec.PDF

  15. Bibliography contd. • "Fall of Tenochtitlan." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Teno chtitlan

  16. Image Sites • Slide 1: http://www.delange.org/TemMayor/TemMayor.htm • Slide 2: http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsAmericas/CentralAztecEmperors.htm • Slide 3: http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs1.htm

  17. Image Sites contd. • Slide 4: http://mrmoyer.pbworks.com/w/page/21727065/Geography%20Aztechttp://wideurbanworld.blogspot.com/2011/10/urban-planning-in-ancient-central.html • Slide 5: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Templo_Mayor_Tenochtitlan.jpghttp://www.tripwolf.com/en/guide/show/664396/Mexico/Templo-Mayor

  18. Image sites contd. • Slide 6: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photographic-Montezuma-emperor-century-Heritage-Images/dp/B001NSGSIQ • Slide 7: http://anthropogen.com/2011/04/24/chinampa-raised-bed-hydrological-agriculture/

  19. Image sites contd. • Slide 8: http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~loo/worldstud/americas/Chap25Aztec.PDF • Slide 9: http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~loo/worldstud/americas/Chap25Aztec.PDF • Slide 10: http://media.photobucket.com/image/tlachtli+/nopitypeterXNA/mayan/Tlachtli.gifhttp://staff.4j.lane.edu/~loo/worldstud/americas/Chap25Aztec.PDFhttp://www.mexicomaxico.org/Tenoch/Tenoch2Tlachtli.htm

  20. Slide 11: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9shttp://clio.missouristate.edu/chuchiak/HST%20350--Theme%209--Final_conquest_and_siege_of_teno.htm

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