Comparing Teotihuacan And Aztec Culture

Mesoamericans all had similarities in their culture, religion, and social structures, which helped the different countries become unified. In Teotihuacan, which was the most powerful and one of the largest city among the Americas, there was religious architecture built to praise the Sun and Moon, they sacrificed humans for the gods, built irrigation systems, terraces, and used chinampas. Teotihuacan was ruled by alliances formed by multiple elite families or weak kings, due to the fact that they did not like the idea of a single ruler, and the people lived in Teotihuacan lived mostly in peace because of their strong military who protected the city. The Mayan civilization had cultural and agriculture achievements, and they used methods like …show more content…
The Toltecs borrowed many cultural legacies from the Teotihuacan, but they had many great political and military innovations they created, built buildings and temples that were decorated with warriors and human sacrifice for art. But when they declined, their cultural and political assimilation brought political order. The Aztec, northern people who pushed their way into central Mexico, had social divisions divided the lower and higher classes, as the upper class owned slaves that worked on their estates, while the lower class lost all their rights, and also the king and aristocrats performed rituals and ceremonies, in order to show others the division between them and the other commoners. The tribute system was used to help with the growing population, when it was hard to feed all the people, and barter was used to trade …show more content…
The Moche were unique because they did not have a formal empire or political structure like most civilizations, but with the large number of laborers, class divisions were developed. The Tiwanaku had many dependable supplies, due to the achievement of colonial populations, from a variety of distinct zones. The Wari were located near the Tiwanaku, so they had similar cultures and technology as Tiwanaku. The Inca were influenced by the culture of Andean, they were pastoralists, imperial administration was based off the existing political structures and the elite groups, conquests gave the Inca ruler more power, they were advanced craftsmen, and had a prosperous