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    The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in Central Mexico between the 14th and 16th centuries. Their capital city of Tenochtitlan, located on an island in Lake Texcoco, was well-engineered with aqueducts, dams, and irrigation systems. The Aztecs developed a trade empire built on tribute and borrowed cultural traditions from earlier Mesoamerican peoples. Their religion included human sacrifice to gods and they were eventually conquered by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes in 1519.

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    The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in Central Mexico between the 14th and 16th centuries. Their capital city of Tenochtitlan, located on an island in Lake Texcoco, was well-engineered with aqueducts, dams, and irrigation systems. The Aztecs developed a trade empire built on tribute and borrowed cultural traditions from earlier Mesoamerican peoples. Their religion included human sacrifice to gods and they were eventually conquered by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes in 1519.

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    The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in Central Mexico between the 14th and 16th centuries. Their capital city of Tenochtitlan, located on an island in Lake Texcoco, was well-engineered with aqueducts, dams, and irrigation systems. The Aztecs developed a trade empire built on tribute and borrowed cultural traditions from earlier Mesoamerican peoples. Their religion included human sacrifice to gods and they were eventually conquered by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes in 1519.

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    WHO WERE THE

    Aztecs?
    Presenter: Lovely Joyce Ragucos
    BSE-SST 3-1
    Aztecs
    The Aztecs were considered a Mesoamerican Civilization.
    Mesoamerica is the area of current-day Central America,
    extending from Northern-Central Mexico, through the
    Pacific Coasts of Costa Rica. Their capital, Tenochtitlán
    ( or Mexico-Tenochtitán ) was founded in 1325 CE, in the
    Valley of Mexico, within the region that is Mexio City
    today.
    Mesoamerica
    The Aztecs excel as builders
    The Aztecs borrowed ideas and skills from other peoples in Mesoamerica. Aztec
    architecture had its roots in Teotihuacán. From the Olmecs' successors came the Aztec
    calendar and writing system. The Aztecs' social system, their religion, and many of their
    arts and crafts also came from earlier cultures in Mesoamerica.

    As engineers and builders, however, the Aztecs had no equal in Mesoamerica. Broad
    causeways linked the island city of Tenochti- tlán with the mainland. Aztec engineers built
    aqueducts to carry fresh water from the main- land to the city and sewers to carry away
    waste. Dams protected the city from floods, and irri- gation systems carried water to crops
    during the dry season.
    Tenochtitlan
    Lake Texcoco
    Chinampa
    A trad e empire develops

    Trade and tribute, not political


    organization, held the Aztec stage
    together.
    Ruler
    and
    Military Expansion

    • Chief Priests and Soldiers elected the • It began in 1428 when they formed a
    ruler. military alliance with two other tribes
    known as the Triple Alliance.
    • The Ruler had absolute power

    • Aztec soldiers were armed with


    swords, spears, and shields.
    Human beings are sacrificed
    • Their religion included the worship of many
    gods and they built large stepped pyramids to the
    most important ones.

    • Their religious practices included human


    sacrifice because the Aztec believed that their
    gods needed human blood to maintain order in
    the world.
    Education is important in Aztec society
    • Education gave the Aztecs the opportunity to
    advance socially. All Aztec children were
    required to go to school, where they learned
    Aztec history and religion.

    • Even greater opportunities existed in the


    schools where young people were trained to be
    priests.
    End of Aztec Empire
    In 1519, a spanish force under the command of Hernan
    Cortez encountered the Aztec Empire. The Aztec emperor at
    the time, Montezuma II, invited them into Tenochtitlan.

    However, Cortez formed his own


    military alliances with local tribes and
    attacked the Aztec capital city.

    Hernan Cortez Montezuma II


    References:
    The Aztec Empire in 2 minues. (2021, April 29). [Video]. Youtube.
    Retrieved October 6, 2023, from
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2olRyI392rI

    [Captivating History]. (2020, September 8). The Aztecs: All you need
    to know [Video]. Youtube.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urFpctOmJZY
    Thank you!

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