from Aztlán, the cradle of their civilization, a pilgrimage during which they looked for a sign to tell them where to found their new capital and ceremonial center. The sign they were looking for was an eagle, perched on a cactus. Today, this unlikely combination, with the eagle now devou...
The Fall of the Aztec Empire Lasting Influence of the Aztecs Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions Who were the Aztecs and what did they do? The Aztecs were an expansionist society that used terror and intimidation to rule over a large Empire. Though they were cruel to their enemies, Az...
Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions What was Huitzilopochtli the god of? Huitzilopochtli is most known for being the Aztec god of war and of the sun. Because of his role as the patron god of the Mexica tribe specifically, he is also referred to as the Mexican god of war. He ...
Abstract When the Spanish conquistadors invaded Mexico in 1519, they found themselves confronted with a society who regarded the fundamentals of civilization in an entirely different way. Not only did the Aztecs practice mass human sacrifice but, according to many European commentators, they also lacke...
The Aztec-Spanish War was more than a war leading to the demise of the Aztec empire; rather it was one of the most remarkable and significant wars of European history, beginning the colonization of Mesoamerica. The Spaniards who came to the New World were known as conquistadors, Spanish for...
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N. (1996). A dual-processual theory for the evolution of Mesoamerican civilization. Current Anthropology37: 1–14. Article Google Scholar Bortot, S., Michelet, D., and Darras, V. (eds.) (2012). Almacenamiento prehispánico del norte de México al altiplano central, Laboratoire Archéologie ...
densely populated settlement ever achieved by aMesoamerican civilization. The empire that the Aztecs would establish was equaled in the New World only by that of theIncasof Peru, and the brilliance of their civilization is comparable to that of other great ancientculturesof America and the Old ...
Where was the Aztec civilization located? How did the Aztecs build and organize their society? Show more TlatelolcoAztec ruins of the former city-state of Tlatelolco (foreground) and the Church of Santiago de Tlatelolco (background), Mexico City.(more) Aztec, Nahuatl-speaking people who...
Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions What did Xochiquetzal look like? Xochiquetzal looked like a young woman in the flower of her youth. This was unusual, because most Aztec goddesses were depicted as older women. What does Xochiquetzal mean? Xochiquetzal is a combination of two words. ...