The Aztec Civilization

The Aztec civilization will be one of the greatest ones in history. The Aztecs clothes for women consisted of sleeveless blouses, and wraparound skirts. The men wore a maxtatl. Which was a cloak or a cape. The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican native civilization that inhabited South Central Mexico. The civilization existed in the era of 600 to the year 1521. The Aztec built temples, pyramids, shrines, their Aztec homes, ball courts, and garden and farming lands. The most famous of these type of buildings were The Temple Mayor and the Sun and Moon Pyramids. The Aztec’s religion was the Mesoamerican religion, this consisted of Human sacrifices to the gods and it was also based on their Aztec Calendar. The calendar was a complex system of a
Tezcatlipoca, the god of the nocturnal sky. Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent. Huitzilopochtli, the sun god as well as the god of war. Xochiquetzal, the goddess of vegetation, fertility, love, etc. There are of course many other gods, but I only listed the most common and well known gods.
The gods, like listed above, meant a whole lot to the Aztecs. This deep devotion to the gods led the Aztecs to human sacrifices. As many are beautiful, they are offered to the gods, which was a very high honor. The Aztecs also believed that by doing these sacrifices, it would bring good weather, good crops and overall goodness to the Aztec people. The Aztec government was basically a monarchy government. Which meant a King or Emperor rules. They called him Huey Tlatoani, the ultimate power in the land. The Aztec language is Nahuatl. Nahuatl, originally came from the Uto-Aztecan language family.
Contributions made to modern world from the Aztecs is not shared everywhere but in certain places. The Aztecs made it mandatory for everyone, both males and females to have a education despite their social class. Whilst in many places, education is only available to
It was called Tenochtitlan. The city was home to the palace of Moctezuma II. The palace consisted of zoos which held birds of prey, birds, reptiles and mammals. There was also gardens and aquariums. The city also has social classes which were commoners, noblemen who were relatives of leaders and former leaders, eagle nobles were commoners who impressed the nobles. They had their high class and lower class. Usually slaves were not treated horribly. Some people did not have to be slaves until they died, a majority were people that wanted to become slaves to pay off