The Aztec architecture is based on values and civilization of an empire. In order to understand the architecture of the Aztec’s‚ we need to know the history of the Aztec‚ where they come from and their religious background. How the structure of their daily homes where and what was their objective in building the empire. The many city of the Aztec Empire was Tenochtitlan in Mexico city. The monumental city was built on top of a small island and wetland. After the Spanish conquest the Aztecs were robbed
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The entire fall of the Aztec empire started with the fact that Cortes wanted to take over. He wanted to make it fall. So he set out with around 500 Spanish soldiers armed to the aztec Empire. Along the way‚ they came into contact with the Tlaxcala. When the came into contact‚ a battle burst out. Many of men were killed. Soon after many of the Tlaxcala were killed‚ the leaders along with a few other men finally said that they were enemies with the Aztecs and they would join in with the Spanish to
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Cortes and the Conquering of the Great Aztec Empire When Cortes heard of a vast and wealthy empire deep within the Mexican interior‚ the conquest of Mexico had already begun. The Aztec empire was what the ambitious Cortes had been looking for since his departure from Spain; he most certainly hoped that his wish to discover the empire would come true. The Aztecs‚ on the other hand‚ did not know Cortes. The empire was as it always had been; the Aztecs had no serious premonition of war. Cortes
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the Mongolian Empire dominated Eurasia through theconquests of Ghenis Khan‚ and the victories over vast regions of people and land allowed for theestablishment of trade routes across great distances. This merger of lands permitted the beginning of trade between the oriental and occidental; therefore‚ the Mongolian Empire became an agent for theunprecedented exchange of ideas‚ goods‚ and political gestures on an international scale. There weremultiple causes that lead the Mongols to connect the great
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The Mongols were primarily nomadic peoples who lived in the steppes of Mongolia; due to their brutal and conquering methods‚ they had control over much of Eurasia at the peak of their empire. The Mongol Empire lasted from 1206 to 1368. The Qing Dynasty‚ ruled by the Manchurians‚ was the last imperial dynasty of China. It lasted from 1644 to 1911. Although these societies are different in several ways‚ they are similar in important ways as well. The Mongol Empire and Qing Dynasty’s are similar in
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How did power and trade lead to rise and fall of empires? For a long period of time‚ there were a lot of empires in the world. While they were in the rise and fall‚ their legacies were remained and influenced other countries‚ even other continents as well. The most effective factors of rise and fall of empires are power and trade. They can be both internal and external. The empires that I chose as examples are Han dynasty and Mongol empire. Han dynasty‚ which started in 206 BCE and ended in 220
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The rise of the Persian Empire was due to the first Achaemenid Emperor‚ by the name of Cyrus the Great. He united the Medes and the Persians and was able to build a great Empire. He brought a different form of architectural possibilities and was able to build the Capital City of Pasargadae. The Persian Empire was different from previous empires of the Middle East because they were well connected by roads and using a standardized official language‚ having a bureaucracy. Because they could communicate
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In various times Mongols have been equated with the Scythians‚ the Magog and the Turkic peoples. Based on Chinese historical texts the ancestry of the Mongol peoples can be traced back to the Donghu‚ a nomadic confederation occupying eastern Mongolia and Manchuria. The identity of the Xiongnu is still debated today. Although some scholars maintain that they were proto-Mongols‚ the fact that Chinese histories trace certain Turkic tribes from the Xiongnu complicates the issue.[10] The Donghu‚ however
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the Western Empire was one of the biggest historical events in the ancient world. Its demise was the result of many contributing factors such as the invasions by barbarian tribes as well as the rise of the Eastern Empire. Both of these factors peaked during the late fifth century‚ but their roots are traced back to an earlier period of the Empire. From the very beginning of it all‚ the failure to deal with the invading barbarians and the split of the Empire over time‚ destroyed the Empire before its
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Three aspects that contributed to the Khmer Empire rise to prominence were society and government‚ control over water systems and the role of daily life. Society and government had a large influence on the success of the Khmer Empire. The ancient Khmer kings had a successful monarchy system based on a concept of ‘god-king’ in which he had divine and absolute power and society’s belief in the divine powers of the ruler helped the society be successful. Ordinary Khmers feared their kings‚ regarded
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