Ancient Aztecs

1. Ancient Aztecs

2. Where did the Aztecs live?

There is a legend that the Aztecs used to live in the
west of Mexico, on the island of Astlan. Hence the
name of the people - "people from Astlan", or the
Aztecs.

3. The Aztec civilization

The civilization of the Aztecs existed in the fourteenth
and sixteenth centuries. On the territory of modern
Mexico and their population totaled 1.5 million people.

4. Garden

Aztecs can make swimming gardens - "chinampa".

5. Activities of the Aztecs

They also engaged in hunting and fishing, breeding
ducks and turkeys.

6. Tribes

People were divided into families of the genus and tribes of
the genus - several families with one relative
Tribe - 12 families

7. Gods

The Aztecs believed in many gods. The main god was
the sun god

8. Writing

The Aztecs used a picture-letter pictogram, so they
could keep their calendar, celebrate religious and
memorable dates, make up historical chronicles.

9. Stone of the sun

«Stone of the Sun» is a huge disk on which the god of
the Sun is depicted. This disk has almost 4 meters in
diameter, weighs 20 tons and is an Aztec stone
calendar.

10. Applied art

The pride of the Aztec culture is applied art. In the art
of mosaic in the world there are no equal to the people
of the Aztecs: objects decorated with a mosaic of
turquoise, mother of pearl, precious stones.

11. War with the Spaniards

In the sixteenth century, the Aztecs were conquered by
the Spaniards.

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In the war of the Spaniards with the Aztecs, the Aztecs won
The Aztecs knew the system of artificial irrigation
The supreme god of the Aztecs was the god of the moon
The pride of the Aztec culture was paintings
The stone of the sun by 4 meter
The Aztecs of 12 genera constituted the tribe
They lived in the east of Mexico
They engaged in hunting and fishing
Population 2 million people