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    Trade in the Aztec Civilization While reading the Trade in the Aztec Civilization‚ I learned a great deal of new and old business ethics. I saw the differences between today’s business and before business and how we have evolved from it. One of the first things I noticed was the different social classes. Just like in today’s society there were the rich‚ the middle class‚ and the poor. The pipiltin’s and mayeques considered themselves the common people. They were the first ones to engage in

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    upon with horror‚ consideration to the circumstances pushing on Native societies’ acts as a strong advocate against pure barbarianism and towards the preservation of Aztec society. Similarly as to how organs are taken from donors upon their death‚ cannibalism was a way to benefit the greater good. Instead of risking starvation‚ Aztec leaders utilized the resources available to them to secure a future for their people‚ the means seeming completely normal to Native cultures. Other actual recorded mentions

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    Aztec Creation Story

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    our earth? Well‚ the “Aztec Creation Story” describes how our planet Earth was “supposedly” created: two Aztec gods (Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl) transformed into serpents and attacked the hideous Earth Goddess‚ ripping her in two. The upper half of her body became the ground and the lower half became the heavens. There were two other very significant Aztec “gods” in the story that deeply affected the outcome of planet Earth: Tecuciztecatl and Nanahuatzin. After the two Aztec gods‚ Tezcatlipoca and

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    Women In The Aztec Era

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    pre-Columbian era was like any other culture because power had man. The woman lacked rights‚ was sometimes treated as an object. For example‚ in one of the most developed pre-Columbian civilizations‚ the Aztecs‚ a situation occurred with the rights of women with the Malinche. She was a girl of the Aztec culture‚ who after a clash between tribes was ceded as a slave‚ because that was the tradition of those times. Later‚ Malinche was again ceded as a slave‚ but this time to Hernan Cortes by the cacique

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    Aztec Mythology and Religion The Aztecs were a group of indigenous people who established an extensive empire in Mexico. An important part of Aztec culture revolved around their spiritual and mythological beliefs. They provided a rich and creative background for their religion. In one myth‚ the goddess Coatilcue becomes impregnated by putting a feather into her shirt‚ in another‚ two gods jumped into a fire and turned into suns. These myths established how creative the Aztecs could be in creating

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    Picchu Vs Sapa Inca

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    Mesa Verde or Machu Picchu Did the Mesa Verde or Machu Picchu have better civilization? The Mesa Verde had cliff dwellings‚ dams‚ and farming terraces and the Machu Picchu had a best preserved city. The two civilizations‚ Mesa Verde and Machu Picchu had good cliff dwellings‚ transportation‚ food‚ and resources. Mesa Verde has better cliff dwellings‚ an agricultural lifestyle‚ and baskets. The Mesa Verde people used sandals woven from yucca fiber. In the text‚ “ Artifact Gallery” it states

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    Before the conquistadors arrived in the Aztec empire‚ the city Tenochtitlan had some unusual‚ natural disaster in which between the years of 1517 and 1519‚ the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan had an earthquake‚ then Lake Texcoco had flooded the capital city. The Aztecs believed these disasters warned of the fall of their empire and the return of their god. In 1519‚ the Spanish explorer‚ Hernan Cortes arrived on the east coast of Mexico and to make sure his men cooperated with him marching across the jungle

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    One has to climb 2‚500 meters up the Andes mountains to visit Machu Picchu. It is an ancient sanctuary for the early Inca civilization. It is one of the best places to visit in the world and has a lot of universal and historic value. Machu Picchu is located in Peru and is known for its unique building structures and historic worth. Machu Picchu is a significant travel destination because it has a great historic value and it has various types of ancient buildings and structures to see. Machu Picchu

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    Aztecs I would be a Mayan Aztec is not for me I didn’t choose the Aztecs for a couple of reasons. One of them is the sheer number of people they have. The Aztecs stood at about 6‚000‚000 people‚ which is way to many. They are also very war oriented and formed most of their alliances this way. I‚ personally‚ am much more interested in the arts than in war. If I could choose to live in the AztecInca‚ or Mayan empire‚ I would easily choose the Mayan civilization. From a personal point of view‚ I would

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    While geography helped the Spaniards conquer the Incas/Aztecs militarily‚ geography for the Portuguese led to false assumptions

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