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    Although the Mayan and the Aztec civilization achieved many great accomplishments they did not overcome the great achievements of empires many years before. Earlier empires have even outshined these civilization in the ancient achievements. For instance, the Roman empire lasted many more years than the Aztec because of their successful government. The Aztec were dominant in managing their government however other governments were greatly more competent. The Aztec empire was located in Mexico…

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    Aztec architecture is simple but bold, elegant but powerful, with its mixed colors and symbols that help create a distinctive style. It refers to pre-Columbian architecture of the Aztec civilization. Instead of wrecking the old building that would add on to or built over it the old structure. While Aztec architecture doesn’t have many structures or “buildings” that are too well-known there is some that are still known and visited to this day. Aztecs also built pyramid temples for religion and…

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    Aztec Social Class System

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    Aztec society was based on obedience to the law, and anyone who committed a crime was punished severely. Because the tlatoani<> himself had made all the laws, a person who broke a law was seen as having disobeyed the tlatoani. A noblewho committed a crime was often punished more harshly than a commoner. Laws covered every part of Aztec life. These included religion, public behavior, marriage, families, and property or possessions inherited from someone who died. However, one of the most…

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    Artifact 1: Feather Shield Picture/Source Aztec civilization feather shield (Mexico, Aztec civilization. feather shield with linear meander design incorporating eye motifs. From Mexican Altiplano) Description/Source These Shields were used by Aztecs in battle. The Aztecs were a warrior civilization, and this shield represents that. The Aztecs built their empire on tribute from conquered places. (Mexico, Aztec civilization. feather shield with linear meander design incorporating eye motifs. From…

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    The Aztecs worshipped many gods. The Aztecs gave blood and flesh to the gods and to do that they formed ceremonies. The ceremonies were held at special given temples in Tenochtitlan,Texcoco and Tlacopan. They made many sacrifices but not all were fatal. Most of the time the victim’s heart gets ripped out and then burned. Sometimes even decapitation. There are 2 specific knives for sacrifice obsidian and flint. The sacrifices were stretched over rocks and skinned. They let the ladies skin the…

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    Aztec Vs Inca Essay

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    to rise up. The Incas and the Aztecs. The Aztecs, a religion-based empire that started from a small city that paid tribute to another empire before becoming an empire that had tribute coming from many different cities. The Aztec civilization even would sacrifice people for their gods! The Inca civilization was a bit calmer, but they still sometimes sacrificed people. They were also religion based, but they focused more on temples than appeasing the gods like the Aztecs did. They even had a…

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    Between A.D. 800 and the 11th century, the Aztecs and Vikings were great conquers who have not been forgotten. While the Vikings and Aztecs are somewhat similar in their religions and economics, the two migrations are very different in their geographical locations and their skills, but both made great impacts on their surroundings. Both the Aztecs and the Vikings are polytheistic, which means they believe in many different gods instead of just one. The Vikings are believed to be mostly pagan,…

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    fall of the Aztec Empire would be accredited only to Cortes, but as Kevin O. Collins stressed in The Fatal Flaws of the Aztec Empire we see that we must look past the conquest and look more to the political, and religious view of the Aztec. Writers, such as William Prescott saw the flaws in the manuscripts written by those under Cortes and stressed that it was the mismanagement of Tenochtitlan that caused its fall. Unfortunately for this paper I will not be focusing on the fall of the Aztec…

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    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…

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    Aztec rituals are very different from your modern day religious ceremonies. I am currently on a journey to understand this culture. By using google scholar and google I was able to find sources that will allow me to better understand this culture. While reading and understanding the Aztecs, I will determine whether a source is reliable or not. In this paper I will analyze the following websites: www.ancient.eu/Aztec_sacrifce/ and www.USHistory.org/civ/11d.asp concerning the topic of Aztec…

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