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    The Aztec civilization had a different and a more efficient way of farming: slash and burn. The Aztec civilization’s slash and burn agriculture is more productive than any other farming systems because of the following reasons: farming system; dirt; benefits; world-wide; failures; industrial deforestation. The farming systems of the Aztecs had cool characteristics. Slash and burn farming is a method of cutting down the trees and burning the trees to make lands for farming in the forest. “Slash”

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    Paul Almeida Mr. Myers World Cultures 11 4‚ December 2009 Aztec Culture The Aztec culture began around 1395 and sadly end sometime around 1521. Central Mexico was the area the Aztec culture lived and survived for so many years. The language they spoke was Nahuatl. The word “Aztec” is mainly exclusively for the people of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs once lived around eroded volcanic peaks and dissected mountain ranges. Their god‚ Huitzilopochtli‚ commanded them on a journey to the south and they

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    Prompt number 1  The rise of the Aztec and Mongol empires had a large impact on the areas they  inhabited. The vast difference in geographical regions and mode of inhabitants caused the  two empires to develop in very unique ways. Both the Aztecs and the Mongols were very  similar in many aspects including their goal of gaining complete power and expanding their  empires over a vast area. Even though the Aztecs and Mongols shared many similarities in  their war tactics‚ they were separated in their advancements in technology and religion

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    Questions 1 & 3. 1.) What do the Montezuma’s laws tell us about the social and moral values of the Aztecs? Montezuma helped improved living conditions by setting up fresh water to Tenochtitlan‚ he was able to establish penal and social laws‚ and civic standards became high along with social advancement. Montezuma also developed a secure sophisticated cultural history and its accomplishments. While the Aztecs where under the watchful control of Montezuma’s the empire expanded pass the valleys of Mexico

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    Lamira Herrera Anth 121 5/12/15 Question Set 10: Chapter 17-19 1. (p. 459-61) What was an Aztec calpulli (plural calpultin)? What role did the calpulli play in the larger Aztec state? -Calpulli or calputin are small family units that owned land together; means “Great House”. The calputin played a smaller role in the larger Aztecan state because they did not own the same land and food producing powers but were used for trade and collection. The Templo Mayor (p. 462) was the main pyramid in the ceremonial

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    essential aspect of their existence. For the Aztecs‚ they considered the cosmos to be a horizontal territory‚ bordered by water and the Heavens. Noticeably‚ no Homo-sapiens were present‚ only the Gods were allowed entrance into the oceans. Religion was imperative in the Aztec lifestyle. They worshiped many Gods‚ each of whom ruled one or more aspects of nature. So they were Polytheism . For example‚ Huitzilopochtli‚ the Hummingbird God and the Toltec God’s. The Aztecs alleged that the authority of theirs

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    Like all the Mexican peoples‚ the Aztecs worshiped a multitude of gods‚ each of whom demanded offerings and sacrifices. Above all‚ the Aztecs considered themselves the chosen people of HUITZILOPOCHTLI‚ the sun and war god‚ in whose name they were destined to conquer all rival nations. Huitzilopochtli shared the main temple at Tenochtitlan with Tlaloc‚ the rain god‚ important to the farmers in a land where drought was a constant threat. Another important god was QUETZALCOATL‚ the feathered serpent

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    Inca‚ and the Maya both are very different and the same in so many different ways! It’s just so fascinating how two societies from different times differ but at the same time be the same. Today we will be looking at two three components‚ those being beliefs‚ farming‚ and homes. let’s begin! The Inca and Maya don’t live today‚ they didn’t even live during the same time that being Inca lived during the 1500s and the Maya were 2600 B.C. but did the time effect how they live? So like I Said we will be

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    It is still a great mystery how the Mayan civilization disappeared. This complex society reached its zenith around approximately 750 AD. However‚ within the next two hundred years‚ this civilization which was epic in its time collapsed and disappeared leaving minimal traces and even more scanty detail about what could have caused this disappearance. This knowledge gap has led to a lot of debate among scholars over the various possible reasons behind what seems to us to be the abandonment and desertion

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    project ‚ lastly a big thanks goes out to my aunt for allowing me to use her computer and printer to complete this project. TOPIC A comparison between the Maya and Aztecs with special attention to technological advances- Were the Maya more advanced than the Aztec? Rationale During the 6 years of secondary school‚ I was captivated by History; more so the indigenous people that came before modern society‚ in particular

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