https://padlet.com/kbustos39/z0a3ovqpo2yx Made with a warm hug en-us 2018-02-26 17:58:44 UTC 2025-12-03 17:45:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png kbustos39 https://padlet.com/kbustos39/z0a3ovqpo2yx/wish/235523110 Mercenaries are professional soldiers who is paid to fight for another country or group. Aztecs were considered crude barbarians but they were strong warriors. The tepanecs employed them as mercenaries. For things such as land trade connections and wealth. The mercenaries helped the aztecs defeat the tepanecs.]]> 2018-02-26 18:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kbustos39/z0a3ovqpo2yx/wish/235523110 kbustos39 https://padlet.com/kbustos39/z0a3ovqpo2yx/wish/235526190        Tenochtitlan was the capitol city of the Aztec empire. Tenochtitlan contributed to the rise of the Aztecs because as the Aztecs grew so did their town. Tenochtitlan grew into one of the largest cities in the world. Due to this lots of people lived there 200,000 and 300,000 people at the center of the city was a large ceremonial plaza Here, the Aztecs gathered for religious rituals, feasts, and festivals. Three causeways linked the island to the mainland. The longest of them stretched five miles. The causeways were 25 to 30 feet wide. They all had wooden bridges that could be raised to let boats through or to protect the city in an enemy attack.  Aqueducts carried water fro irrigation.

]]> 2018-02-26 18:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kbustos39/z0a3ovqpo2yx/wish/235526190 kbustos39 https://padlet.com/kbustos39/z0a3ovqpo2yx/wish/235526931 The Aztec Empire flourished from 1428 C.E. until 1519 C.E. Warfare contributed to the rise of the Aztecs because after they defeated a city state it forced them to give tributes to the empire. Tributes where given to the Aztecs and where whatever valuable items a city could provide for example food, gems, cotton, animals,

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