Aztec Culture

Aztec Culture

• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god

Aztec Culture

• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god

• 1300--no more “nomads”

Aztec Culture

• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god

• 1300--no more “nomads”

• Eagle, sitting on a catcus, eating a snake

Aztec Culture

• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god

• 1300--no more “nomads”

• Eagle, sitting on a catcus, eating a snake

• 1325--found “sign” on shores of Lake Texcoco

Aztec Culture

• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god

• 1300--no more “nomads”

• Eagle, sitting on a catcus, eating a snake

• 1325--found “sign” on shores of Lake Texcoco

• Capital city - Tenochtitlán

Tenochtitlán

Tenochtitlán

Teotihuacán

• “City of the gods”

Teotihuacán

• “City of the gods”

• Only priests lived there

Teotihuacán

• “City of the gods”

• Only priests lived there

• Built on a “slant”--no floods

Teotihuacán

• “City of the gods”

• Only priests lived there

• Built on a “slant”--no floods

• Pyramid of Sun

Teotihuacán

• “City of the gods”

• Only priests lived there

• Built on a “slant”--no floods

• Pyramid of Sun

• Pyramid of Moon

Pyramid of the Sun

Teotihuacán

Teotihuacán

Teotihuacán

Teotihuacán

• No floods

Teotihuacán

• No floods

• Measured earthquakes

Teotihuacán

• No floods

• Measured earthquakes

• Sacrifices???

Teotihuacán

• No floods

• Measured earthquakes

• Sacrifices???

• Mortal Kombat

Teotihuacán

• No floods

• Measured earthquakes

• Sacrifices???

• Mortal Kombat

• Apocalytpo

Quetzalcóatl

• Feathered serpent god

Quetzalcóatl

• Feathered serpent god

• Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife

Quetzalcóatl

• Feathered serpent god

• Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife

• Banished--sent away

Quetzalcóatl

• Feathered serpent god

• Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife

• Banished--sent away

• Supposed to come back as a “light-skinned bearded man”

Quetzalcóatl

• Feathered serpent god

• Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife

• Banished--sent away

• Supposed to come back as a “light-skinned bearded man”

• Cortés used it to his advantage

Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken Spanish

Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken Spanish--Cortés

• Nahuatl

Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken English--Cortés

• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetzalcóatl???

Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken English--Cortés

• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetazalcóatl???

• 450 soldiers

Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken English--Cortés

• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetzalcoátl???

• 450 soldiers

• 24 horses

Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken Spanish--Cortés

• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetzalcoátl???

• 450 soldiers

• 24 horses

• 15 cannons

Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken Spanish--Cortés

• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetzalcoátl???

• 450 soldiers

• 24 horses

• 15 cannons

• Diseases

Mexico’s Independence

• September 16, 1821 -- From Spain

• “Declared” independence in 1810

Mexican-American War

• 1846-1848

Mexican-American War

• 1846-1848

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Mexican-American War

• 1846-1848

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Mexican Cession--loss of land

Cinco de mayo

• France invaded Mexico in 1860

Cinco de mayo

• France invaded Mexico in 1860

• May 5, 1862 -- Battle of Puebla

Cinco de mayo

• France invaded Mexico in 1860

• May 5, 1862 -- Battle of Puebla

• War continued for 5 more years until 1867