2. The Aztec Town life
Each town was built around
a large plaza the plaza was
the town’s religious and
trading centre some pyramid
temples were over 30 metres
above plaza
3. The aztecs used glyphs to write things with only priest knew how to read
and write and didnt have a alphabet
The Aztec Education and the Development of Writing
4. The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs of The Aztecs
Human sacrifice was practiced both men and women were sacrificed every
month of the aztec calendar. sacrifices were done at a temple when a new
emperor was chosen. Up to 20000 people were sacrificed at the main temple.
the people that they conquered were sacrifice. they thought that if they
didn't sacrifice the sun wouldn't move and if the sun didn't rise they would
die so they didn't have a choice but to sacrifice every century someone was
sacrificed to the sun god it was a honour to be given to the sun god
5. The Arts of The Aztecs
Art was important
for Aztecs They
make some forms
of art such as music
poetry and
sculpture to honour
and praise their
gods.
6. The Aztecs used
many herbs for
medicinal
purposes and over
85% of them were
effective. They
used traction and
countertraction to
reduce fractions
and sprains.
The Aztecs Medicine
7. They were killed off by the
people of Cortes. After a three
month siege on the capital the
the emperor was taken
prisoner and was eventually
executed. The cortes became
the new leaders of mexican
empire. The emperor was
taken prisoner in may of 1521
and was killed in august of
1521
The Aztecs eventual Collapse
8. The Aztecs Achievements
They were the first to build an artificial island. It was made from mud and boulders
piled on reeds. They were called Chinampas (and they mainly liked to live on the
Chinampas they made)
They built one of the largest and most powerful empire in mesoamerica
The Mexica were migrants that arrived in the valley of mexico around the year
1250 CE and they founded their capital in the year 1325 CE.
They created a dike (Dam) to keep floods from destroying their cities. It ran for 10
miles and was made of sticks, stone, mud,and weeds.
9. - Aztecs were around in mexico from 1438 CE to 1521 CE
- The Aztecs created chocolate
- They worshipped many many gods
- The capital of the Aztec empire is still in the same place as it is today
- The Aztecs were that first ones to celebrate the day of the dead
- Smallpox was the main factor in the elimination of the Aztecs
- The location of the capital was chosen because they saw a eagle eating a
snake on a cactus
- Their main was food corn
Interesting Facts about the Aztecs
10. They believed that the
universe was made up
of three layers the
middle one was
inhabited by humans
and the upper level was
13 levels of heaven.
Below the middle level
was 9 levels of the
underworld.
How the Aztec worldview
compares to Canadian
worldview
11. How Does Aztec society influences how we live today as citizens of Canada
and citizens of the world
The Aztecs
influenced a lot of
mexican culture
and the language is
still spoken today
and many festivals
are still celebrated
form Aztec tradition.
They also made
many pyramids.
