Aztecs ch.1

Where did the Aztecs originally come from

Aztlan ( mesoamerica )

How long did they take to travel from Aztlan to Lake Texcoco

150 years

Technochtitlan Capital became ___

Mexico city

What does Aztlan mean

Place of the herons

What is the symbolic color

White

What was their original name before the Europeans

Mexica

Legend

Huitzilopochtli commanded them to begin a long journey to look for an eagle perching on a cactus. That is where they will settle

When did their 150 year journey start and end

1168 - 1325

4 hardships they faced

• Geographic

• Meteorological

• Aging population

• Lack of basic needs

Examples of Geographic features they faced

• Climbing mountains and swamps

• Terrain

• Walking constantly

• Diseases of water

Examples of meteorological problems they faced

• stuck outside with no permanent shelter

• Rain ( chills , sickness, etc )

• Sun ( heat stroke , sun burns , dehydration )

Examples of why they faced aging population

People died of old age and weakness and people who started the journey never finished it

Examples of basic needs they lacked

• Shelter ( not permanent )

• Food ( hard to find and to make constantly )

• Water ( salty and led to dehydration )

After settling what did the Aztecs do

• held vibrant religious ceremonies

• Created magnificent art pieces

• Created beautiful buildings

Why did the Aztecs use codice

To teach younger generations Aztec history and importance of Gods ( accurate information about Aztec worldview and had multiple perspectives )

Aqueducts

Man made bridges that Carrie’s fresh water to 1 place to another

What was Huitzilopochtli born of

A ball of feathers

What was Huitzilopochtli fond of

Heart removal

What did Tlaloc control

Rainfall and farming

Polythetic

Worshipping / believing in multiple Gods

Temple Mayor was based off of what

Coatepec and serpent hill

What did the double pyramids mean

Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli

South pyramid

Huitzilopochtli

• red and white for war and sacrifice

North pyramid

Tlaloc

• blue and white for rain and moisture

Aztecs believed that the Earth was a ___

Flat disk

The Aztecs believed they were in the center of ____

• North

• East

• South

• West

• Up and down

The heart was a ___

Divine seed

The new emperors / kings became a _____

Living heir of the God

Aztecs considered themselves as ____

People of the sun

What did the Human blood help do

Sustain the suns journey across the sky

What did they promote

Warfare

How did they select

• Prisoners of war

• Perfect people

• Slaves

• Civilians

• Women

• Children

What happened if u were a perfect person

Pre-selected a year in advance to live as the embodiment of a specific God

Why were children offered

Suffering children were offered by their parents to end their suffering

Who were children offered to

Rain Gods

What happens if u volunteer

• Significant honor

• Ensure afterlife

• Elevates family’s social standing

Process

• Climb up temple mayor

• Handed to 4 priests

• Each of the 4 priests will hold 1 limb

• 5th priest will come and rip open ur stomach

• Ur heart will be ripped out and held up to the sun

• Heart is placed in a receptacle and is burned

• Body was thrown down onto the blood mat

• High ranking people could eat ur arms and legs

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