The Development of the Aztec Empire
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What symbols do you see in this image?Who are the people depicted in the transparency and what are they doing?What is in the center of the picture?Have you seen this symbol before?What might the thick blue lines represent?What do you think the artist was trying to tell us?
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Entered valley of Mexico in the 13th century (we don’t know why)Considered vulgar by neighborsServed as mercenaries for neighborsDrove to live in a snake-filled wasteland. adapted – used snakes for food, found a way to till the soil and used the rocks to build houses from.Eventually fled to marshes of Lake Texcoco after Coxcox declared war on them for sacrificing his daughter
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Used chinampas – floating gardens – to grow food
Created canals for trade and transportation
Found food in lake like algae and ducks
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DRAWBRIDGES FOR protection
Aqueducts forfreshwater
Clean
Temples, plazas
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The floating city3 causeways joined Tenochtitlan to the shores of Lake TexcocoCanals served as roads for canoes City contained 80,000 – 250,000 people
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ISLAND IN LAKE TEXCOCO = capitalwith causeways to mainland
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TENOCHTITLAN 200,000- 250,000 in city (4x pop. of London in 1500)
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Bustling marketsAt great market 60,000 people gathered dailyUsed the barter systemCacao beans sometimes used as currency
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Architectural wonders
Double pyramid dedicated to:
patron god of Aztec – Hummingbird god of rain
large skull rack held thousands of human skulls
Noble’s houses were very elaborate
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SKULL RACK
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TEMPLE MAYOR
Major temple
1978 found in Mexico City
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After building Tenochtitlan, Aztecs destroyed all records of their past created a more favorable historyPriests taught that the Aztecs were nomads who built Tenochtitlan on a spot designated by the gods
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What do you see happening in this picture?
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Life was uncertain – all at mercy of natureUsed sacrifices to satisfy gods
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Quetzal godFeathered Serpent
Quetzal bird and snake
100’s of named gods and goddesses spirits or forces
many were transformations
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Rain godTlaloc
War godHuitzilopoctli(wee-zil-o-poch-tli
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Tonalli = animating spirit is located in the blood
blood concentrates in the heart when scared
Without sacrifice allMOTION Stops
Sun would not riseWorld would come to an end
sacrifice kept world in balance
War god – needed to be fed every day
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Royal FamilyEmperors chosen from royal family based on meritRoyal wives were greatly respected (and often there were many – Nezahualpilli of Texcoc had 2000 wives and 144 children. Moctezuma II had at least 1000 wives)
All members were expected to be dignified and brave
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NoblesPriests, military officers, government leadersNobility not inherited; earned on battlefields or in pursuit of priesthoodHeld special privileges; fine clothes, beautiful homes, jewels, servants
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MerchantsProvided Tenochtitlan with imported goodsTraveled great distances (into Central America) to negotiate deals
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CommonersFarmers, laborers, craftsmen, servants, vendorsLived in wards (called calpullis -later called barrios by Spanish)
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SerfsWorked in fields or estates of the wealthyHad freedom, but considered inferior to commoners – not considered citizens
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SlavesHad some legal rights; it wasn’t horrible to be a slave or to have been a slavePeople could sell themselves into slavery to pay off a debt or a crime – could earn way out of slavery and climb the social ladder