Document 13.1 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
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Xochipilli: Prince of Flowers Many ancient Mesoamerican cultures attributed most of their beliefs and rituals with the practice of entheogenics. The anthropological evidence discovered in their art validates that the many ancient cultures used the psychoactive substance in several plants for spiritual‚ religious‚ and psychotherapeutic purposes. The Aztec in particular show evidence of priest‚ warriors‚ and anyone of great nobility to have consumed particular plants to achieve a worldly
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The Great Mayan City of Chichen Itza Chichen Itza‚ one of the oldest cities known in the Western Hemisphere‚ has been fascinating people for over thousands of years. It’s size and beauty remains unmatched by almost all standards. Chichen Itza is an ancient city located on the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. It is home to some of the most astonishing structures on earth. Chichen Itza is an ancient Mayan city with more history than anyone could imagine. Another aspect of Chichen Itza‚ the symbol
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To start off‚ I will be talking about the Aztec’s daily life. The animals the Aztecs hunted were turkeys‚ dogs‚ ducks‚ deer‚ rabbits‚ iguana‚ fish‚ shrimp‚ grasshoppers‚ and worms. The Aztec children played with marbles‚ stones‚ and the bow and arrow. A husband could have more than one wife. A steam bath was in every Aztec house. The houses were adobe and made out of mud bricks. The Aztecs spoke the language of Nahuatl. The two main classes were the nobles and the common people. The Aztecs buried
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The Mayan culture is known for their rituals and ceremonies. Everything done in their culture had its place and time. This allowed the priest in the Maya community to know when to plant‚ harvest‚ as well as knowing which seasons were wet and which were dry. In Mayan belief‚ blood sacrifice performed by Kings was important for major calendar cycle endings. The beginning or ending of a cycle was cause for ceremony in this culture. In addition‚ children in are named after the day they were born and
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Lauren Finkelstein His111-41 Early American In this chapter I found a lot of it to be very interesting. The Aztecs have always grabbed my attention in the history of knowing who they were and reasons behind their human sacrifices and social classes. What fascinated me about the cosmic mission theory‚ also known as the human sacrifice‚ was how these once humans thought that killing another human would benefit them in a spiritual way. This theory was basically feed humans to the sun to maintain
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We have reached the city of Tenochtitlan. I realize it has been quite a long time since you have heard from me. Don Cortes and his soldiers have been circling the coast and the city of Tenochtitlan waiting for a chance to come in. During this past year Don Cortes has been making allies of the Montezuma’s enemies. He seeks to start an uprising‚ but he wishes to see the city first. When we first arrived the men and I were in aw of this great city. It rivals places on our shores. The city is set up
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The Significance of the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan The excavation of the Templo Mayor on February 21st‚ 1978 when electrical workers in Mexico City working in the middle of the night accidently came across a stone with an image carved into it. Later archeologists were able to identify the image on this stone as the sister of the Mexica god Huitzilopochtil‚ Coyolxauhqui‚ the moon goddess.1 This gave way to a huge excavation of the Templo Mayor‚ the most important temple to the Aztec people as
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"I shall be the last ruler of this land." (Flowers‚ p. 10) Montezuma made this predicament after one of his advisors foresaw "the end" in the sun. After generating of one of the greatest empires in the Americas‚ Montezuma ’s decision to welcome Hernan Cortes with open hands‚ turned out to be a fatal one for the Aztec Empire. Montezuma had to make one of two choices‚ allow the "gods" to come in to their land or to rebel against them. Unfortunately he did not make the right decision‚ many of his people
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The Aztec Empire was superior to the Inca and Maya Empires‚ because it had very developed religious beliefs‚ innovative farming method‚ a highly accurate astrological calendar‚ and a put together social structure. The Aztecs had a specific religion‚ Mesoamerican. They had many gods and goddesses and practiced many religious practices. Al their religious ceremonies took place in a temple named Teocalli. It was equipped with a pool for ceremonial cleansing‚ gardens‚ and rooms where the priests lived
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