The Aztecs dominated the middle part of Mexico, and they used to cultivate corn, it was their staple grain; it used to be ground into flour and used to make tortillas, tamales and drinks. The Aztecs cultivated chilies, tomatoes, limes, cashews, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and cocoa. Raw chilies and tomatoes were use to make salsa. Bees where domesticated for honey, and turkeys for their meat and eggs. Dogs and ducks were also domesticated. The Aztecs were hunters and fishers also. Deer, rabbits, iguana, fish and shrimp was on their diet as well. The Maguey leaves were popular to bundle food in it and cooked it. The Maguey leaves are still in use today to make barbacoa (smoked and steamed meat) a very famous dish. They harvested the cocoa bean and used…
One of the similarities that the Aztec and spanish had was that they both had gods. The Aztec had many gods and the spanish had one god. Huitzilopochtli, the Aztecs favorite god was the one to tell the Aztecs to leave their homeland in Northern Mexico and travel south until they found an Eagle on a cactus. He was also the war god and needed blood from sacrifices to strengthen.The Aztecs most powerful god was Tezcatlipoca. He is the god of the night and struggles with the sun god Huitzilopochtli. He uses a smoking mirror to see the future. Quetzalcoatl Left Mexico after a fight with Tezcatlipoca. Priests prophesied that he would return on the new fire and bring destruction to the Aztecs. Tlaloc was the rain god. The Aztecs feared the most because he could either cause a drought or flood their crops. The spanish had one god, his name was god and he was their creator. Both religions had different gods that they worshiped.…
The Aztecs and the Aztec Empire Throughout history, there have been many different societies and cultures. One of the most technologically advanced and civilized for its times would be the Aztecs. The Aztecs had built an empire with a strong central capital, Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was a large city constructed on a man-made island in the middle of a lake.…
The worshiped a war-god, called Huitzilopochtli, which he was identified with the sun and their war god. Their religion has them human sacrifice, and it has a huge role in war as well, the Aztecs would not fight to kill, but they fought to capture. While the Spanish were ready to kill. The Spanish had a full advantage in technology, since they were the side that were fighting to kill they had the equipment to do so. They had cannons on their ships and carried shields and swords, while the Aztecs had spears and wooden shields. Although technology was a major reason of the defeat, another reason for the defeat was the lack of…
Some critics might argue that the Aztec Empire had an extensive amount of people in comparison to the few Spaniards, that the Aztecs could have developed a systematic plan to avoid Spanish conquest if they did not welcome or misbelieved the Spanish were retuning gods reclaiming their rightful empire. However, the Aztecs were still going to encounter the Spanish, as they were already settled in areas in New Hispaniola in the Gulf of Mexico. The Spanish sought to increase their chances of wealth and fortune and would try to find those riches. Also, the forced tributary system and capture of slaves as sacrifice created resentment and hatred toward the Aztec empire, which was a strategic advantage for the Spanish as they could form enemy allies…
The Aztecs had primitive technology and weapons whereas, the Spanish had an updated technology status and superior weaponry. Therefore,…
The Aztec Civilization was very intricate and advanced. Their economy was made up of trading various items such as tools, pottery, baskets, cloth, jewelry, and figurines. They made these and traded them in the lowlands by the Gulf Coast. In return for their items they would receive valued items like jaguar skins, tropical-bird feathers, rubber, cotton, chocolate and cacao beans. Since the Aztecs did not have animals or wheeled vehicles, they transported good using canoes. However, if they needed to go through a dangerous terrain, goods would be carried on the backs of porters in long caravans.…
In Jared Diamond’s documentary Guns, Germs, & Steel, he states that the guns and steel, such as swords and shields, from the Fertile Crescent helped the Spaniards conquer the Incas. Because the Europeans lived closer to the Fertile Crescent, they were able to receive more advanced weapon technology faster than the Incas/Aztecs helping them take over their land much faster and more efficiently. This is further supported in the reading Broken Spears, where the author translates the account of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in Nahuatl. At one point during the takeover, “The Spaniards fired one of their cannons, and this caused great confusion in the city... They were all overcome by terror, as if their hearts had fainted.” Again, advanced technology that the Europeans had played a major role in helping succeed in this conquest since the Aztecs were not yet exposed to such weaponry. The cannons and guns that most are familiar with in present day were completely foreign to both the Aztec and Inca people because of their disadvantage in their location of geography. The terror of unfamiliarness made it easier for the Europeans to succeed in their…
When the Caddo lived in Texas before the Spanish explorers came over and stole their land they had only stone tools to use instead of our modern day power tools. The Caddo hunters mostly used bows and arrows. When the Caddo fought they used bow, arrows, lances, and tomahawks. The farmers used hoes and spades to farm crops. The Caddo made their tools from wood, carved bone, and mussel shells. They also made heavy stone axes for cutting…
The advancement in the Inca and Aztec was very great in religion, technology and trade throughout their empire. Religion, taking a major part in both societies, was one of the highlighting themes of empire development being the root of advanced evolving features. The Aztec Empire, taking part in a devoted polytheistic religion, they practiced many rituals the main one being sacrifice. Documents 2 and 5 demonstrate the importance of sacrifice being shown in decorations on pyramids for the purpose as well as foreign drawings. During this period of time, the Aztecs, undisturbed by any other foreign religious influences, remained very loyal, as well as afraid, of their gods for the reason that their gods seemed to have an effect on everything human sacrifice was one of the most powerful ways the Aztecs felt they could connect with their gods. However once the Americas began being revealed, Christianity began taking it's place. Because document 5 was an observation made by a foreign monk to sacrificial rituals he might have pictured it as a vicious and brutal obsession not addressing how important and vital it would have been to a native. The Inca, in contrast, worshiped a less number of gods than the Aztec did yet they were parallel to the Aztec's importance of religion. As shown in The First New Chronicle and Good Government, Incas viewed Christianity as meaningless not accepting it as a realistic religion. "And the Inca said: "Well, why doesn't it tell me? The book doesn't even talk to me!" " (Document 12) For the duration of the Incan Empire religion always remained key, shielded by the people of the empire. They had a dislike of Christianity because it was an interfering outside force not welcomed gracefully into the Incan Empire; furthermore Christianity did not convince them. Ayala, being a foreigner, describes the incident as if it were right, being Christianity, versus wrong, being the Incan religion, neglecting the significance the Inca's…
The Mexica feared the weapons that the Spanish brought with them. It was the first time the Mexica interacted with advanced technology such as a weapon that “sounds like the clouds” and “kills all those it meets”. The Mexica had only two-handed swords and arrows, but the Spanish had an array of swords, firearms, explosives, armor, cannons, and horses, which was very intimidating for the Mexica. The Spanish used these unknown objects as fear tactics to scare the natives, who were disoriented, into submission. Their superior weaponry gave them an advantage of the Mexica and allowed them to conquer the…
The Aztecs were a Native American tribe that lived in Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec empire. The only weapons that Aztecs had were arrows, spears, rocks and anything that they were able to make to protect themselves. The Aztecs were people who believed in sacrifice, human sacrifice to be exact. The Aztecs were kind people but they were also barbarians. They welcomed the Spanish into their city, which showed their kindness.…
The Cherokee Tribe used many different weapons on a daily basis. Some of their weapons were the spears, bow and arrows, and guns. The weapons were made specifically and used in many different ways around the location of the tribe.…
Hernan Cortes, a fierce Spanish conquistador, landed at San Juan de Ulua, in April 1519. With him, Cortes had 508 soldiers, one hundred sailors, artillery cannons, eleven ships and sixteen horses. Cortes and his small army, marched through Mexico, forming alliances with Aztec rivals, until reaching the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the massive Mexican empire known as the Aztecs or Mexica. It had a population of 200,000 people; almost three times that of the largest city of Spain, Seyville (Windschuttle, 43). Within the next two years, Cortes and his men had triumphantly defeated the Aztecs and taken control of Tenochtitlan against all odds. (Daniel, 1992) So how, despite be hopelessly outnumbered, without the possibility of new supplies or reinforcements, fighting other native tribes and Spaniards, and the Aztecs on their own turf, did this tiny Spanish force defeat such a formidable army. Today, there are a number of reasons why the Spanish have believed to been able to overcome such odds. A combination of poor Aztec military tactics against advance Spanish weaponry and strategy, a weak Aztec ruler, the spread of disease, Tenochtitlan’s poor governing over its populace, and the interconnectedness of Aztec military and religion ultimately led to the demise of its empire.…
The sun and the moon form part of our universe, where they both hold their own power and value. The sun is in the center of the solar system with nine planets moving around it. The light given from the sun helps us experience the day and the night. After the sun, the moon is the the brightest object in the sky. Though the light that shines at night does not originate from the moon, it is reflected by sunlight. Their differences from each other are responsible for the life that we live in this Earth. Knowing about the sun and moon we can relate their relationship to the Spanish and the Aztec. The Aztec hold the position of the sun. When they first settled on the swampy island called Tenochtitlan, it became…
