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TENOCHTITLAN
By Sabarna Das
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Tenochtitlan 1325-1521 Capital of Aztec Empire Present day Mexico City Government: Monarchy Language: Nahuatl 200,000 inhabitants
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Geography Shallow part of Lake Texcoco Connected to mainland by causeways Lake Texcoco was endorheic basin lake Levee kept the waters separated
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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
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Templo Mayor Temple in Tenochtitlan Architectural style: late postclassic period
of Mesoamerica Temple for Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc Built in 1325 and rebuilt 6 time
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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.
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Agriculture Artificial islands called Chinampas Reed mats covered with mud on water Fenced with mud, silt and rotten
vegetables Lots of healthy vegetables
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Class Structure Five main social classes Ruler considered semi divine Ruler decided the officials Highest ranking commoners: pochteca
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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
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Recreation Played patolli Everyone can play Also played tlachtli like mayans Nobles most likely to play
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Decline of Tenochtitlan 1521: Seige of
Tenochtitlan Last battle before
the decline Led by Spanish
conquistador Hernán Cortés
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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
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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
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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/americas/Chap25Aztec.PDF
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Bibliography contd. "Fall of Tenochtitlan." Wikipedia.
Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Tenochtitlan
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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
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Image Sites contd. Slide 4:
http://mrmoyer.pbworks.com/w/page/21727065/Geography%20Aztec http://wideurbanworld.blogspot.com/2011/10/urban-planning-in-ancient-central.html
Slide 5: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Templo_Mayor_Tenochtitlan.jpg http://www.tripwolf.com/en/guide/show/664396/Mexico/Templo-Mayor
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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/
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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.gif http://staff.4j.lane.edu/~loo/worldstud/americas/Chap25Aztec.PDF http://www.mexicomaxico.org/Tenoch/Tenoch2Tlachtli.htm
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Slide 11: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s http://clio.missouristate.edu/chuchiak/HST%20350--Theme%209--Final_conquest_and_siege_of_teno.htm