Aztec Dbq

The Aztecs have a very known reputation for their sacrificial practices. They are known to be cruel and terrifying, but looking past all of their human sacrifices, they had a great civilization, in fact, their human sacrifices were very spiritual and religious. Also, the Aztecs were the only civilization that not only provided free education to all, but required all to attend school. Along with that, they also had a very innovative agricultural system.

The conflict between the Aztecs and the Spaniards goes way back to the 16th century and is mostly remembered as the fall of the Aztecs. Aztec was an empire which settled in the valley of Mexico. The fall of the Aztecs empire was inevitable, simply because of 3 major aspects, religion, diseases, and the cunning tactics which the friendly Aztecs have never experienced or encountered before, this devoting nature of the Aztecs was used against them by a greedy middle class man who craved only one thing gold, he was known as Cortez. But their greatest weapon that brought Spain the great victory was the diseases that were carried to the New World.

The Maya was thought of to be one among the best ancient Native American civilizations within the Americas, and probably the planet. Archaeologists discovered and dug up and studied several of the civilization sites trace the Mayas to thousands of years ago. Their ancestors migrated from Asia across the Bering Sea and Alaska to the Americas and also the Yucatan Peninsula throughout the last ice age. Early Mayan settlements originate to 2400 B.C.. They engineered huge stone pyramids and temples to honor their gods and preserve their faith. They additionally accomplished advanced achievements in arithmetic and astronomy, that were recorded in hieroglyphs. Their lives rotated around their king and sacrificial blood. Their cultural achievements

Archeology itself is different from cultural and social anthropology. With social and cultural anthropology it is easier for them to study people and their way of life. That is because they are living. So they can observe and study their behaviors. What tolls they use, what do they eat and what is their everyday task? There is so much you can learn from them. However, for archeologist this is a bit difficult. Since they don’t have the living people from the past here in the future. They have to piece together what they know about the past societies by their findings. They have to piece together what they find to know what they did on an everyday basis, what they ate and much more.

The Aztecs seemed to be very modernized and clever when it came to living. The Aztecs created ideas and inventions to make living better. While all of this was happening they still managed to be very religious. Some people might think their religion made them a bit evil but the Aztecs had their reasons. When it came to farming they figured out ways to get more food. This all happened while they still listened to their ruler, traded things, and sold slaves. They were hard working people who cared about their religion,agriculture,and social structure.

Like most civilization in the world Aztecs, Olmecs, and Maya were no exception to having religion play in their everyday life. Though their religion was a polytheism which means they believe in more than one god. The Aztecs alone had over one thousand gods. Three of the main gods were Huitzilopochtli their god of war and son of Coatlicue who was the god of creation of earth and its destroyer, and there’s Coyolxauhqui who was the goddess that was the moon. Basically, the people had a god for everything so it was like having security cameras to keep them in check and make sure that they would be kept in check. Maya also had hundreds of principal deities (197). The gods and goddesses had direct control of nature and their being as well. The peoples of Mesoamerica’s life’s was solely based on pleasing their gods and goddesses even though there were so many.

The Aztec society was organised through quite a stable and strong hierarchy. Citizens were divided into three different groups the Nobles and the Commoners as well as the lowest hierarchy the Slaves. Each city-state had a local ruler who was under the rule of the King. The Nobles and Commoners also had their own hierarchy with the most powerful commoner having almost as much power as the lowest of the Nobles. Education was also very important to the Aztec society, Boys would be taught how to fight as well as military history and religion. Girls would be taught crafts such as cooking and sewing. There was also two different education systems for children who wished to become Priests. The Aztecs ran a very strict and orderly law system to enforce

The Aztecs lived from the 14th to the 16th centuries in Tenochtitlan now known as Mexico City. The legend states that in the 1323 the Aztecs saw a vision of an eagle perched atop a cactus eating a snake. That was a sign to make that land their land and so they did and named it Tenochtitlan. The children had to attend school even slave children. The education taught them warfare,history,religion,citizenship and work skills. For girls it mostly focused on marriage. The priests were the only ones permitted to write. They had two calendars one for time and the other one for religious festivals. The Aztecs worshipped many gods and goddesses. The Aztecs would bury their dad under their houses

The Mayans, Aztecs and Olmecs were Native American civilizations that lived in Central America long ago.

The Incas built a government. The first ruler was Sapa Inca. The last ruler was Wayna Qhapaq. They made a list to remember their rulers. The list was called Sapa Inca. They also had four governors. Their government was a monarchy.

The spanish people where trying to over rule the Mayan’s . The tribe was broken into pieces by distorting some of the greatest artifacts they could of had to find evidence about them. The way that we all know so much is because of the covered ruins and art. As archeologist say “the hardest part is trying to find out what the hieroglyphics of stelae and codices mean.” The full story of the tribe is not yet complete.

The Inca geography was mostly from the west.the Inca world was created at the Lake Titicaca. The Incas ruled most of the west.the Incas owned a lot of land.

The Tlacatecuhtli, also known as "chief of men” has authority over its religious ceremonies and was also the military leader. Under The Tlacatecuhtli were a group of religions and other offices which included military generals. Priests and priestesses were considered highly important in Aztec society. They played the role of doctors. Priests also taught science, art, writing, music, dance, history, and counting. They also had great knowledge in astronomy and astrology, performing difficult ceremonies.

The aztecs thought as parrots feathers to be holy and thought this to be as art to them from the gods and they also knew that if they wore that clothes that meant that it was someone

I think that Carl Jung’s theory is accurate because first there are many examples of his theory that other cultures like to use the same archetypes as previous cultures for, example the Olmec, the Maya, and the Mexica all displayed the same idea of sacrifice. Almost all of the tribes have one part of the creation myths identical and that would be the crocodile that splits in two to create the world. Some cultures, even share the idea of the hero twins with each other. The Maya, Mexica, and Asmat cultures all believed that the head was extremely important and was the center of intelligence and they would all display the skulls of those sacrificed. A couple of cultures also shared the idea of men’s houses. A couple cultures have even shared cannibalism.