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Aztec Civilization

Aztecs

Where did the Aztecs live?

-Lake Texcoco in Central Mexico

-Tenochtitlan (cappital) on a swampy island

-canals linking parts of the city

-surrounded by mountains (cool climate)

Aztec Architecture

Architecture

Aztec Architecture

-used grass and mud to build houses

-built roads called causeways

-built stone & brick sculptures, palaces, temples & government storehouses

Aztec Language

Picture Alphabet

The original alphabet of the Aztecs was not actually an alphabet but a series of pictures used in three different ways.

1.Pictogram

2.Ideograms

3.Phonogram

Language

Aztec Activities

Activities

-art, writing, music and dancings

-patolli (patole) a board game

Aztec Scientific Knowledge

Calendar

Scientific Knowledge

-chinampas (floating gardens)

-accurate calendar

-medicine based on spiritual & herbal healing

Downfall

Empire Downfall

In 1519, a Spanish conquistador named Hernando Cortes heard of the god and great wealth of the Aztecs. Cortes attacked the Aztec CApital and in the summer of 1521, the Aztecs were defeared.

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