Empire of the Sun

While other cultures practiced human sacrifice, the Aztec empire is the most well-known and most aggressive group known to have practiced human sacrifice. The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican tribe that lived in the thirteenth century. The Aztec empire only existed for a short time, but left a significant impact, especially in regards to human sacrifices (Tuerenhout 7). The gruesome ritual of human sacrifice has been held as a special religious practice for the Aztecs. The creation stories of the…

unparalleled, furthered by the rapid succession of empires with great focus on culture. Great mysteries also come from this period. The sudden decline of powerful empires like the Maya and Moche puzzle scholars to this day. Human sacrifice also played a major role in religion throughout parts of this region. Through all of the intrigue, two great civilizations rose to prominence prior to Spanish conquest of the continent. The Aztec and Inca Empires were two powerful, yet vastly different…

Slaves in ancient Mesopotamia helped improve the empires. Slaves were multiplied and more and more civilians became slaves and are benefiting the growth of the empires. Mesopotamians depended on slaves to build their empires. Slavery played an important role of the development in the empires. During ancient Mesopotamia, slaves had to go through a lot of tough measures to make their empire great. For example, laws towards slaves were harsh especially ones that tried to escape. Slaves were…

In regards to a powerful empire, the British had one of the most powerful empires in all of history. There was a saying that went along with the British Empire and that was, the sun never sets on the British Empire. The British Empire was so large and powerful that it had colonies all over the world and the sun was always up in at least one colony of theirs. However, even the biggest and best empires in the world eventually encounter a force either internally or externally that causes them to…

Around the year 1300 AD, along the shores and on the islands of Lake Texcoco the Aztec Empire began. This is where they constructed the twin cities of Tenochtitlan and Tlateleco. By the year 1500 AD these two cities were estimated to be larger than any city existing in Europe except Istanbul. The Aztecs were an interesting group of people to say the least. The religion of the Aztec people morphed several cultural aspects of their society such as economic security, social mobility,…

Humanity has progressed vastly during the course of time, from the ancient Roman Empire, to the Middle Ages, to the Renaissance, humanity has progressed both socially and intellectually. Humanity went from staking religiously ‘inferior’ women, to executing tyrannical monarchs, to creating masterful works of art; both musically and symbolically. Humanity was finally able to discover that the sun was the center of the universe; to sending a man to the moon. Despite all this progress and…

their ancestors. And then they had all kinds of celebrations for the gods and their ancestors. First is all the gods and goddesses. Viracocha and Inti were the most important of them all. Viracocha was the creator god and over the others. Inti was the sun god. Inti was believed to be the son of Viracocha. Inti was the most worshipped by the Incas. Inti had the temple mad of gold. The other gods were Apu, the God of mountain, then Apocatequil, the God of lighting. Catequil, was the God of…

An empire is a group of countries controlled by one ruler or one government. Throughout history, empires transform its surrounding nations — changing the economics, politics, and societies during their rise and more notably their fall. Empires such as the Roman and British Empires faced a variety of problems that led to their decline. The fall of these empires influenced changes in nearby societies and regions. The Roman Empire fell apart due to poor decisions in military, political, and…

and they were the dominant power around 1000AD. The Mexica, were people who were one of the last groups of people who spoke “Nahuatl” to come to that area and they were a big part of the rise or the founding of the Aztec empire. The influence of the Nahuatl grew as the Aztec empire grew. The Nahuatl language was used a lot in literature and writing and the language was also a “Language of trade.” The language is a “agglutinant language” and this means that the words are created by using…

word for it. The empire that the Incas created was 2,500 miles long. The incas took ideas from others and expanded on them. Some of the ideas that they took came to be very important in society and well known today and helped them to flourish. You will see some of the artifacts later in the gallery room. One important part of the Incas was the culture. Culture was important to the Incas. Some of the artifacts in the Inca culture was the sun temple, Incan cup, and a Inca mask. The sun temple…