Lake Texcoco

depleted a large portion of their people and had they had a better understanding of the Spaniard’s tactics and maneuver procedures, they would have won the battle which intern would have led to the survival of their race. The Aztec civilization thrived between the years 1345 and 1521 CE. The Aztecs were the most well-known empire in Mesoamerica. Moctezuma II, the ruler, spread religion and ideals across Mexico, which initiated the ability for them to take over the surrounding states, accomplish trade, and improve agriculture and architecture successfully (Cartwright, 2014). Multiple small empires in the Valley of Mexico had formed by 1400CE. Texcoco and Azcapotzalco were the dominant two. War broke out between them in 1428CE. The Texcoco’s overpowered the Azcapotzalco’s. “Following victory, a Triple Alliance was formed between Texcoco, Tenochtitlán, and a rebel Tepanec city, Tlacopan. A campaign of territorial expansion began where the spoils of war – usually in the form of tributes from the conquered – were shared between these three great cities. Over time, Tenochtitlán came to dominate the Alliance. Its ruler became the supreme ruler - the huey tlatoque ( 'high king ') - and the city established itself as the capital of the Aztec Empire.” (Cartwright, 2014). After learning about the Aztec Empire from previous Spanish exploits to Mexico, Hernán Cortés, under the sponsorship of the Governor of Cuba, Diego de Velazquez landed on the Mexican coast in April of 1519. Cortés…

Long ago there was a Mesoamerican civilization called the Aztecs. The tribe was small when it was starting out. They were nomads traveling from place to place to find resources. The Aztecs usually wandered near Northwestern Mexico until a miracle happened in 1116 C.E. Huitzilopochtli, the god of the sun and war, spoke to them and stated that he would help them find a permanent home so they could settle. The catch was they had to find a sign. What is the sign you might ask? Well it was to find an…

course of several days, Cortes learned of the existence of a great inland Empire, and promptly dispatched a messenger entreating a meeting with Aztec Moctezuma II. Meanwhile, runners had already carried word to the "Lord of Cuhúa" in Tenochitlán, the capital city set on an island in Lake Texcoco some 200 hundred miles away. They reported the arrival of fair-skinned, bearded strangers who had arrived from “towers floating on the sea” (Aguilar-Moreno). Cortés wasted no time in staking a claim,…

Aztec Questions and Statements - 1 Statements 1) Positive – Statement - SS Itzcoatl’s successor Montezuma I took power over the empire in 1440. Montezuma was named the father of the Aztec empire. 2) Positive – Statement - SS The Aztecs ruled over 500 small states and their population was over 5 to 6 million people. They expanded by conquest or commerce. Conquest is when you take over people by force. Commerce is when you take over people by negotiation/deals. The city of Tenochtitlan at its…

time, Tlaxcalans went to war with Montezuma II. The empires controlled a lot of people 11,000,000. Francisco Hernandez De Cortes was the first european tourist; mexican territories. March 1519, Cortes landed at the town of Tabasco. Beyond, that cortes marched into mexico with 400 soldiers. Aztecs got defeated by Tlocalo and Huejotzingo in 1515 ce. Acholha region and Azcapotzalco went to war. They had a mystical land it looked like Land of white Herons. There is no doubt they traded ;…

provide the best outcome for all of its citizens. While the Ottoman Empire was accepting of non-Muslim religions, one of the greatest causes of violence for the Ottomans was the conflict with the Safavid Shiites. These two opposing branches of Islam were constantly battling over land and the correct interpretation of Islamic beliefs (Upshur 462). Wars between the two resulted in constantly changing borders, until a peace treaty in 1639 established the boundaries that are there today (Upshur…

Their artificial floating gardens, chinampas, were responsible for the cultivation of an abundance of various crops. The chinampas field stretched out over 23 hundred acres on lakes. Chinampas were small, rectangular islands that were artificially made by the Aztecs and contained vegetation on top that would allow up to six crops to be grown at once (Aghajanian 2007). Small rows were strategically placed in between the chinampas in order for canoes to fit through, allowing easier access to the…

This body of water was very important to the Aztecs because it was the closest constant source of water. This lake would cause surrounding area to be fertile enough to hold a variety of plants than what is normally planted in the rest of the desert conditions. This would not only benefit the food aspect from a view of plants alone but animals that ate certain plants would be advertised to coming to that certain patch of land so that they could eat those crops. It’s incredible to think that one…

The Aztecs is a book in which it illustrates the history of the Aztecs and timeline of events in which lead to the fall of its once powerful empire. The book gives the basic background of the Aztecs culture, civilization, and the evolution of the empire while giving the history of the different emperors that reigned. As stated in this excerpt from the book, “The Aztecs rulers were not abject supplicants, fearing a punitive deity, but active agents performing an essential role in the change of…

enochtitlan was built in an island on a swampy lake today known as Mexico, it was a floating city that had canal and an irrigation system. The city was just huts at first and keep on getting larger and expanding into a large city. There were a bout 200,000 people living there. There traveled in canoes to get place to place through the canal. The way of life was an nice city until the Spanish came over and took over the land. Popo and Isla was a story about a a emperor of Tenochtitlan…