Aztec calendar

This piece is entitled, “Platter with Seated Nobleman, ca. A.D. 600, Plato Con Hombre Noble Sentado”. It is of Mayan Culture and found in Northern Peten, Guatemala. It is polychromed earthenware. The description on this piece entails, “This exquisite platter shows an important person seated on a small jaguar-skin pillow. That he is a deity of the underworld is shown by the cigar he smokes, his black body paint, and the spot on his cheek. Note the glyphs on the periphery of the platter.” Based on…

2.the right answer is, c,mayans. it is the right answer because all that was left of them were evidence and traces of the tribe. my answer was wrong because the Aztecs were war people. I found the answer in a power point. 4the right answer is B, Inca. it is the right answer because the Inca had built their civilization my first answer was wrong because the mayans weren’t even near the andes. i found my answer by using the power point. 5The silk road was shut down i found my answer by…

Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conqueror and explorer who was recognized for defeating the Aztec empire as well as conquering the land of Mexico and claiming it for Spain. Born in 1485 in his hometown Medellin, Spain, He lived with his father, Martin Cortes, and his mother Catalina Pizarro Altamirano. His guardians were poor members of the lower nobility class. Hernan set sail to the new world at the age of 19.[1]. Cortes conquered the land of Cuba in 1511. In the year of 1518, Velázquez, an…

For this small essay, I had to read these texts: Mexica Accounts of Moctezuma Meeting Cortes, by Bernardino de Shag/un and Cortes on Meeting Moctezuma, by Don Hern/an Cort/s. During my reading I noticed that some elements concur in both texts. Such has the gift of necklaces from Moctezuma to Cortés, or that Moctezuma takes the hand of Cortés to guide him somewhere. And other’s do not concur, some elements are not included and some are not the described the same way, in each text. The two main…

Teotihucan is ancient settlement in a temperate, semiarid area of Mexico, that has since had an urban areas built around it (Sempowski, 2008). Teotihucan has never truly been lost. It was known to the aztecs who originated after the fall of the city. There is evidence that they used the site to perform rituals. Teotihuacan is also found on some sixtieth contrary colonial maps made by Spanish conquistadors. (Pasztory. 1997) Teotihucan to day is a preserved and maintained tourist attraction. An…

The Caddo indians are originally from present day Louisiana, but have moved and been relocated to Northern Texas and Oklahoma. The Caddo are first discovered by europeans during the spanish passage through Arkansas. The word Caddo in caddoan means “true chief,” and they called their chief the “caddi.” The caddo were peaceful people, they voluntarily moved to Oklahoma into choctaw Nation. Most of our knowledge of the Cado past is learned from the pottery they left behind. This pottery shows us a…

The Aztecs were one of the greatest Mesoamerican civilizations ever. Their capital, Tenochtitlan, is located in modern day Mexico City. They lead nearly ten million people. They were known for many outstanding breakthroughs, including agriculture and human sacrifice. However, historians should emphasize Aztec agriculture.""First of all, Aztec agriculture should be emphasized because it was a huge part of their daily lives. Chinampas were artificial islands made by the Aztecs which were used for…

In a distant land, there was a famous city where the Aztec’s god had told them to look for. Tenochtitlan, surrounded by "floating gardens" and high mountains, was beautiful and very well-organized. One day, an Aztec merchant went up to the Great Temple to ask the priest to interpret his dream. As he arrived, his eyes immediately flashed on the majestic temple. It was standing about ninety feet high, two stepped pyramids rising side by side on a huge platform of this ginormous structure.…

Aztecs Being Conquered by the Spanish and Cortes Sara Cabrera History 20 Leann King The Spanish and Hernan Cortes are very important throughout history. Conquering the Aztecs was very important to Cortes, who was captain. Him and his soldiers planned and landed in Mexico in 1519; with 550 men, sixteen horses, and ten cannon. Hernan Cortes was a soldier in the expedition of Cuba that was led by Diego Vasquez and then later they sent him to Mexico and they were…

¬¬ Have you ever wondered how civilizations managed to live during the height of their power? One of the greatest pre-conquest Mesoamerican cultures was the “Toltecs.” According to the dictionary of World History, it defines the Toltec civilization as: A northern Mexican tribe, who established a military state between the 10th and 12th centuries at Tula, 80 km north of modern Mexico City. They played an important part in the downfall of the city of Teotihuacán and were themselves overrun in the…