HIstory (Aztecs)

Key terms and dates to remember

God of duality, covered in symbols of fertility

Ometecuhtli

A green snakelike creature covered in colourful feathers. God of wins and rain, credited for bringing knowledge to humanity

Quetzalcoatl

God of the sun. Male blue coloured warrior wielding a snake flail

Huitzilopochtli

God of agriculture spring and regeneration. An orange man wielding 2 weapons in either hand

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Goddess of love, beauty and fertility

Xochiquetzal

God of the night sky, sorcery, and war. muscular man adorned with feathers

Tezcatlipoca

A blue man with fangs, god of rain water, fertility and storms

tlaloc

Hernan Cortes began his aim to defeat Montezuma II and gain control of Tenichtitlan

1518-1521

Hernan Cortes wins the battle of Tenichtitlan

1521

cristopher columbus finds america

1492

8 foods of Axtec diet

Maize, beans, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, peanuts, chilies, chocolate

A ritualistic game involving a small ball in a rectangular space following the belief that the ball represented the conflict of the sun and moon

Ollamalitzli

upper class

pipiltin

lower class

macehualtin

school for upper class

calmecac

school for lower class

telpochalli