LANGUAGE/WRITING SYSTEM Pictures and glyphs Combined glyphs to make long words Language belonged to Indians
WHAT THEY WRITE & WHERE THEY WRITE IT Made their own paper Wrote about history, prayers, farming
BOYS EDUCATION Most boys, Most boys go to school Tepochcalli school Or Calmecac school Noble boys, Go to Calmecac school Or temple school
GIRLS EDUCATION Most girls Didn t go to school Mom s would teach them Noble girls Parents decide if they go to school Boys and girls go to house of song
SOLAR/VENUS CALENDAR Called it haab 370 days long Made in 1470 They had extra five days Venus, Third calendar Priest taught about it in school
SACRED CALENDAR Called it Tonalpohualli It means count of days 260 days was a year
Society and Family life Peter, Marta and Selma
Members of Aztec Society Emperors Nobles Merchants Landless Peasants Slaves Britannica Image Quest
Officers Warriors Commoners Members of Aztec Society
Roles/Jobs What girls do and play with What a midwife did What a father does to help child What boys do and play with Britannica Image Quest
How They got Married Tied cloaks Bride s family Wedding day Calpulli Britannica Image Quest
Aztec Food and Farming Leila, Jason, and Jerry
Corn Roasted puppy Fish Frogs Cocoa beans Turkey Rabbit Food Picture used from britannica image quest
farming Hoe Digging stick Ax Corn vessel Picture used with permison for britannica image quest
Chinampas Drained lakes Worked together Very little rain Picture used from Britannica image quest
Materials grown Mats roofs Baskets cotton Picture from britannica Image quest
Feasts Fruits and vegetables Roast meat Tortillas Nuts pastries USED WITH PERMISSION OF Britannica image quest
Feasts Scented houses with flowers More than 100 different kinds of food to eat Snuff Used with permission of brittanica image quest
How they decorate themselves Women wore wraparound skirts On top wore colorful ponchos Earrings were attached to poncho Men wore loin clothes Used with permission of Britannica Image Quest
Sports and games they played Tlachtli Patolli Hachtli Ulama Used with permission of Britannica Image Quest
Their musical instruments Drums Rattles Whistles Trumpets made from shells Image used with permission of Britannica Image Quest
Vincent, Andrei and Risako
Is the most important person after the king. Is in charge of laws and collecting taxes Woman snake is a MAN!?!?! Used with permission of Brittanica image quest
Punishments might be piercing them with cactus spines Merchents can not make prices too high Thieves were hanged or stoned Used with permission of Brittanica image quest
Type of tax paid in food and other goods Slaves were the people who were to poor to pay their tributes or lived off land Tried to take them as a prisoner so that they decided on the tributes the defeated city had to pay there tributes Used with permission of Brittanica image quest
When a king dies it s up to the nobles to choose a new king The Nobles had a council of four nobles that gave the king advice Used with permission of Brittanica image quest
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By: Nicky, Jane and Charlie AZTEC HISTORY
Where the Aztecs Settled in Mexico one of the largest cities shallow, swampy lake More people living there then London or Paris at that time
How was it Built? What did it Look Like? Three causeways to connect city to main land It has island Pyramids in middle
How did the Aztecs Decide Where to Build the City. It was easier to go by water than land Wanted more land Wanted to live on dry land Image used with permission from Britannica Image Quest
How Long did the Empire Last Lasted from 1372 to 1521 Image used with permission from Britannica Image Quest
How the Empire Came to an End Amazed how rich they were Montezuma thought Cortez was a god Invited the Spaniards as guest Image used with permission from Britannica Image quest
Ben Beck Rachael HOUSING AND CLOTHING
NOBLE HOUSING Homes closer to the center of Tenochtitlan Bricks made from mud Several rooms leading into a central courtyard
PEASANT HOUSING Live on the edge of Tenochtitlan Houses made with reeds
EMPEROR HOUSING 100 rooms entering into a central courtyard Carved with beautiful stone Home in the middle of Tenochtitlan
PEASANT CLOTHING Are not allowed to wear bright colors Not allowed to wear anything below their knees
NOBLE CLOTHING Wore brightly colored clothes Wore sandals Wore clothes below knees
EMPEROR CLOTHING Wear headdress made of precious stone and the feather of the Quetzal bird
Religion Kiersten Maddie N sikan
Beliefs They believed they had after life in the underworld If an Aztec died his/her families dressed the person in there best clothes They thought that the sun would not rise without human blood
Aztec ceremonies Ceremonies for farming They sacrificed people who wanted to go to the highest heaven Not all ceremonies took place every year
Shrines Built 100s of steps on buildings Built on mounds of earth- covered with bricks or stone One shrine for each god
Aztec gods Huitzilopochtli- sun and war god Quetzalcoatl- god of life and wind Chalchihuitlicue- water goddess Tlaloc- rain god
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Officials made sure no one cheated Each good apart from each other Open air markets
Waited for buyers Traded by barter Middle of Tenochtitlan
Canoe Woven cloths Capes Gold Necklaces Salt Rubber Silver Fine stones ornaments
Herbs Goblets Slaves Pottery Cotton Coca beans Tools Weapons Feathers
Clothes Books Tobacco
Traded only what had the same value People came from far to buy and sell Sold goods on mats
Were spies Had own law court Could own land Made laws
Told emperor about strangers Supplied imported luxuries Traveled a lot
By foot Wooden boats In caravans
WARRIORS CLOTHES Type and color of feathers showed soldiers rank They wore eagle and jaguar heads
WARRIOR TRAINING Young boys were trained to fight When boy was ten hair was cut Most boy s wanted to be warriors
WEAPONS Spears, knives,wooden clubs and spear throwers Slings would fire stones hundred yards
ADDITIONAL NOTES The Aztecs had an army of 1473 men
DIFFERENT WARRIORS Knights: full time professional soldiers Eagle knights, jaguar knights, ordinary soldiers
PLANNING BATTLES Didn t launch surprise attacks Sent scouts to warn enemy