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The Aztec capital was called Tenochtitlan and it was in the middle of a lake. Today it's known as Mexico City and the lake is mostly drained

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The Aztec capital was called Tenochtitlan and it was in the middle of a lake. Today it's known as Mexico City and the lake is mostly drained

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It was European disease that ultimately defeated the Aztecs.

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Several Aztecs would sell themselves into slavery.

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Several Aztecs would sell themselves into slavery.

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Their deceased were usually buried right under their house

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Their deceased were usually buried right under their house

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The Aztecs also played team sports, specifically a game very popular among them called uziminalti. The game utilized a rubber ball, which was a fairly advanced concept for their time and was played on a court called a Tlachtli. The object of the game was to get the ball through a small stone ring; however, it was an extremely difficult game to play. The ball was not supposed to hit the ground, and players could only touch it with their head, elbows, knees and hips

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the aztec people weirdly put chilly in their chocolate

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Aztec men were allowed to have more than one wife, however, there were certain strict rules governing these relationships.

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Punishing the young
Young children under the age of 10 were usually forgiven for mistakes like oversleeping, gossiping, mumbling, and dressing shabbily. Still, their parents might threaten them with the sharp spines of a maguey cactus.

At the age of nine, a child might be pierced by the spines. The Aztecs thought children under the age of ten couldn’t commit really bad crimes but if they did, their parents could take them to court! By twelve, children could be punished for their bad behaviour in a variety of ways.

If you look at the picture below you will see a boy being held directly over smoking chillies. The girl to his right is threatened with the chillies by her mother. Both are crying – perhaps from feeling bad after what they’d done or maybe from the smoke burning their eyes!
Aztec society believed in obedience, honesty, politeness, respect, moderation, modesty and energy which were seen as moral ideals.

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Poor Aztecs have very specific laws like you can not pretend to be rich

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Their deceased were usually buried right under their house

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Their deceased were usually buried right under their house

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During the final battle about quarter of a million died! Also, another interesting fact is that actually, the European disease finished offed the Aztecs.

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They had an advanced system for writing and keeping records.

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In eastern mexico the Olmec people begin to take over...they use war clubs and punch with weapons attached to their fists. Sort of stone-age knuckle-dusters!They sacrifice humans by clubbing them on the head.

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The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. They called themselves Mexica. The Republic of Mexico and its capital, Mexico City, derive their names from the word "Mexica".

The capital of the Aztec empire was Tenochtitlan, built on raised island in Lake Texcoco. Mexico City is built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan. The Spanish colonization of the Americas reached the mainland during the reign of Huey Tlatoani , Moctezuma II (Montezuma II). In 1521 Hernan Cortes and an allied army of American Indians that far outnumbered the defending Aztecs, conquered the Aztecs through germ warfare, siege warfare, psychological warfare, and direct combat.

According to their own history, when the Mexicas arrived in the Anahuac valley (Valley of Mexico) around Lake Texcoco, the groups living there considered them uncivilized. The Mexicas borrowed much of their culture from the ancient Toltec whom they seem to have at least partially confused with the more ancient civilization of Teotihuacan. To the Mexicas, the Toltecs were the originators of all culture; "Toltecayotl" was a synonym for culture. Mexica legends identify the Toltecs and the cult of Quetzalcoatl with the mythical city of Tollan, which they also identified with the more ancient Teotihuacan.

The center of the Aztec civilization was the Valley of Mexico, a huge, oval basin about 7,500 feet above sea level. The Aztec empire included many cities and towns, especially in the Valley of Mexico. The largest city in the empire was the capital, Tenochtitlan.

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The noble men were the second highest on the hierarchical structure.
And were some of the few who could afford decent houses.

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The Aztec Calendar Stone, carved in the early 16th century, is  massive. the stone contains various carving including mythological and astrological figures. the main carving on the stone is Tonatiuh, the Sun God, which is located on the center.

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Poor aztecs has a very simple diet which can be bread, tomatoes ,fruits and no chocolate

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the aztec people had settled because they saw an eagle on a cactus holding a snake

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They trade chocolate.
Because it was quite valuable in that time.

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The aztecs have a god for everything they have a god of chocolate god of vanilla god of gods literally everything they also belive by sacrificing a human would feed the god and they would say the name of that god before they sacrifice the human so the human would be feed to that god.

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the spanish took over the aztec and thats why they speak spanish in mexico

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They were overthrown by Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes along with several neighboring tribes that they were at odds with

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Legend has it that the Aztecs arranged battles with their enemies in order for each side to acquire prisoners/human sacrifices.

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Cacao seeds were seen as a gift from the gods and were even used as currency

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In 1492 christopher colombus lands in america .For the aztecs life will never be the same again. It will be worse

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The Aztecs had never discovered the wheel

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Fact: The Aztecs played sports and were a very artistic people

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Fact: The Aztecs played sports and were a very artistic people

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During the final battle for Tenochtitlan, it is believed that nearly a quarter million people died. Cortes then proceeded to found Mexico City in the ruins.

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Hernan Cortes was a spanish consquitador

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Hernan Cortes was a spanish consquitador

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To please the god the high priests would sacrifice prisoners who they captured
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They would often sell their own children into slavery.

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they sacrifice people in pyramids by the high priest.

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Fact: The Aztecs had mandatory schools separated between boys and girls.

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Fact: The Aztecs had mandatory schools separated between boys and girls.

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The Aztec Empire was peopled by a group that was once nomadic, the Mexicas.

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the Aztecs poor that has children are to sell their own children for slavery in order to keep away from bankruptcy. in the Aztecs time it was quite common for people to sell their childrens

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Their deceased were usually buried right under their house

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Tenochtitlan had garbage men and was allegedly very clean

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Tenochtitlan had garbage men and was allegedly very clean

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They were one of the first societies to mandate education for kids

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They were one of the first societies to mandate education for kids

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The name Aztec was actually made up by Europeans, they used to call themselves the Mexica.

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The name Aztec was actually made up by Europeans, they used to call themselves the Mexica.

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Fact: The Aztecs had very strange burial customs.

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Fact: The Aztecs had very strange burial customs.

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The Aztecs had very strange burial customs.

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The Aztec capital was called Tenochtitlan and it was in the middle of a lake. Today it's known as Mexico City and the lake is mostly drained

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The Aztec capital was called Tenochtitlan and it was in the middle of a lake. Today it's known as Mexico City and the lake is mostly drained

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the aztecs give royalty to people they sacrafice

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Tenochtitlan had garbage men and was allegedly very clean.

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http://www.history.com/topics/aztecs/videos/ask-history-what-happened-to-the-aztecs

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Oddly Aztec  builds houses on top of their ancestors grave.
Aztecs  would sometimes kill a dog and bury/ cremate it with a person so that is could guide them on their journey through the after  life.

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Sometimes they killed a dog along with the deceased so that the dog could guide them to the after-life.

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in 1200 the aztecs maddest to the mexico valley

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Fact: They would often sell their own children into slavery.

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Fact: They would often sell their own children into slavery.

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Sadly, the houses of the poor are not very comfortable. Usually the houses are 1 story high, only 1 main room and an always open doorway. Their no chimney, no windows and the floor is just usually made out of dirt or stone.

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They would often sell themselves or their children into slavery to pay off their debts

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you get rich for a year

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We all know the Aztecs by that name, but it was not actually a name that they ever called themselves.

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The Aztec had there heart if they wore rich clothes when they were poor.

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Their deceased were usually buried right under their house

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Their deceased were usually buried right under their house

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The name Aztec was actually made up by Europeans, they used to call themselves the Mexica.

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The aztecs had their own language, it was called Nahuatl, the alphabet for their language was  writing pictures. (and yes writing pictures not drawing pictures)

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The Aztecs, who probably originated as a nomadic tribe in northern Mexico, arrived in Mesoamerica around the beginning of the 13th century. From their magnificent capital city, Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs emerged as the dominant force in central Mexico, developing an intricate social, political, religious and commercial organization that brought many of the region’s city-states under their control by the 15th century. Invaders led by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes overthrew the Aztecs by force and captured Tenochtitlan in 1521, bringing an end to Mesoamerica’s last great native civilization.

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The name Aztec was actually made by the Europeans, they used to call themselves the Mexica.

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Some historians believe the sacrifices and cannibalism may have been due to a protein deficiency.

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Some historians believe the sacrifices and cannibalism may have been due to a protein deficiency.

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While the Aztecs put strong emphasis on parents teaching their children properly, they also had mandatory public schooling for all children.

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The priests still have to obey the laws.

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1100 - The Aztecs leave their homeland of Aztlan in northern Mexico and begin their journey south. Over the next 225 years the Aztecs will move many times until they finally settle down at the city of Tenochtitlán. 1200 - The Aztecs arrive in the Valley of Mexico. 1250 - They settle in Chapultepec, but are forced to leave by the Culhuacan tribe. 1325 - The city of Tenochtitlán is founded. It will become the capital of the Aztec Empire. The location is picked by the priests because it is where they see the foretold sign of an eagle holding a snake while standing on a cactus. 1350 - The Aztecs begin to build causeways and canals around Tenochtitlán. 1375 - The first dominant ruler of the Aztecs, Acamapichtli, comes into power. They call their ruler the Tlatoani which means "speaker". 1427 - Itzcoatl becomes the fourth ruler of the Aztecs. He will found the Aztec Empire. 1428 - The Aztec Empire is formed with a triple alliance between the Aztecs, the Texcocans, and the Tacubans. The Aztecs defeat the Tepanecs. 1440 - Montezuma I becomes the fifth leader of the Aztecs. His rule will mark the height of the Aztec Empire. 1440 to 1469 - Montezuma I rules and greatly expands the empire. 1452 - The city of Tenochtitlán is damaged by a great flood. The next few years are filled with famine and starvation. 1487 - The Templo Mayor (Great Temple of Tenochtitlan) is finished. It is dedicated to the gods with thousands of human sacrifices. 1502 - Montezuma II becomes ruler of the Aztec Empire. He is the ninth of the Aztec kings. 1517 - The Aztec priests mark the sighting of a comet in the night sky. They believe the comet was a sign of impending doom. 1519 - Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlán. The Aztecs treat him as an honored guest, but Cortez takes Montezuma II prisoner. Cortez is driven from the city, but Montezuma II is killed. 1520 - Cuauhtémoc becomes the tenth emperor of the Aztecs. 1520 - Cortes forms an alliance with the Tlaxcala and begins to attack the Aztecs. 1521 - Cortes defeats the Aztecs and takes over the city of Tenochtitlán. 1522 - The Spanish begin to rebuild the city of Tenochtitlán. It will be called Mexico City and will be the capital of New Spain.

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the aztecs have started at 1100 and they kept moving and settled 225 years later

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Fact: Some historians believe the sacrifices and cannibalism may have been due to a protein deficiency.

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Fact: Some historians believe the sacrifices and cannibalism may have been due to a protein deficiency.

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1100 - The Aztecs leave their homeland of Aztlan in northern Mexico and begin their journey south. Over the next 225 years the Aztecs will move many times until they finally settle down at the city of Tenochtitlán.

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Fact: The name Aztecs was given to them after the fact.

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Fact: The name Aztecs was given to them after the fact.

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we all know aztecs by that name, but it was not actually a name that they ever called themselves. Aztecs were originally and preferred to be named Mexica

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The name Aztecs was given to them after the fact.

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this is the simble from the Aztec

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The large  pyramid temples are made of bricks or stone

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Although the priests would help to manage the laws of the Aztec people.
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Fact: Most Aztecs were actually defeated by disease, not war.

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Fact: Most Aztecs were actually defeated by disease, not war.

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The Aztecs had mandatory schools separated between boys and girls.

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if you lose ball game you die

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Tomatoes,lime,cashews,potatoes, sweet potatoes ,peanuts and of course chocolate.

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they eat the skin af human and drink the blood

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they eat the skin af human and drink the blood

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The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. They called themselves Mexica. The Republic of Mexico and its capital, Mexico City, derive their names from the word "Mexica".

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High priest, diet human flesh and drink blood to represented the boddy of the god

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High priest, diet human flesh and drink blood to represented the boddy of the god

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aztecs are from central mexico

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Aztec priests sacrifice prisoners and their own men for the gods, after the sacrifice is done the priests eat the flesh and drink their blood.

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Diet: Aztec priest eat hearts and drink blood

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Diet: Aztec priest eat hearts and drink blood

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The Poor Aztecs are mostly  in charge of farming and providing food for the Aztec people.

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the aztecs are best known for eating chocolate

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Aztects are from mexico

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the aztects were mostly defeated by disease not war