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Hope Ayim, Period 2 Aztec and Inca…
Hope Ayim, Period 2 Aztec and Inca
Engineering
Temples
The Aztecs believed their temples or pyramids were homes to their gods and they worshiped here as well.
Even though Aztec temples were most heavily known for religious purposes there was more to it than that. From the building blocks they used to make it to the murals on their walls all these represented the Aztecs view on the world.
Beyond the fact that they us it for religious reasons the Aztecs also use there temples for schools,astronomical observatories, and sacrificial center's, but all in all they did really dedicate these temples to their gods .
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Even though all in all the temples did have the same purpose temples were created differently according to which god it worshiped.
Aztec pyramids were much different than others because as they got wealthier instead of just disregarding their old pyramids they just continued to building up on that pyramid.
Chinampas
These "floating gardens" produced about 3 crops a year! Half to two-thirds food was consumed by 200,000 Tenochtitlan residents.
The Aztec managed these chinampas very well. It was very necessary that the water in these chinampas were very well managed. During rainy seasons they had some type of sewer system and things such as dams to control the amount of water. During dry season things such as canals helped move water from one place to the chinampas.
This land is built up from the wetland by overlaping lake mud and thick mats of decaying vegetables, alternating for each layer of the lake mud or the decaying vegetables.
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Chinampas were sometimes referred to as floating gardens, because literally, that's exactly what chinampas were. It was a floating farm land farmers used to grow crops.
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Aztec Culture
Language
The Nahuatl language is an agglutinant language. Meaning that the words and phrases are put together by combining root words, prefixes, and suffixes.
Nahuatl was originally written with a pictographic script which was not a full writing system but instead served as a mnemonic to remind readers of texts they had learnt orally. The script appeared in inscriptions carved in stone and in picture books, many of which the Spanish destroyed.
The Aztec's language is Nahuatl. An estimated 1,500,000 people still speak it today.
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Games
Ullamaliztli
The objective of Ullamaliztli was to fit the large rubber ball in the small hole. This game was extremely hard. This is the most important Aztec game, and it's not only used for entertainment purposes but also religion.
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Jacks and marbles
This is a more literal game compared to others. Your throwing balls along the ground at another ball or globe in the center.
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pole climbing
Pole climbing was a competition played by kids. The objective was who could climb the to the top of the pole first. The pole was heavily coated with grease at the top and slightly at the bottom. At the top of there was prizes and goodies.
Food
They had a number amount of fruits and vegetables thats provided them with there need of vitamins and minerals. Chili peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and onions, were some fruits and veggies they grew
Many Aztec recipes included meat . Most of the meat was gained through hunting animals such as geese, ducks, deer, and rabbits
Beans were another food heavily eaten there. According to some people beans were in every meal of there culture. They prepare beans the same we do today.
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One of the primary crops grew was corn, also known as maize. They used this to prepare a large amount of the food eaten.
Fall of the Aztec Empire
Montezuma
Montezuma welcomed Hernan Cortez right away because he believed Cortes was Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec god. Cortes ordered a angry Aztec, planned a rebellion, then fighting broke out.
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Tenochtitlan
This city became very useful during war time because there was no possible areas for there enemies to hide, meaning they would be prepared for any attack.
This was the very first city in the world that insured 100% free education. Although somem cities offered education to ceartin nobilities and its commom citizens this system left no one behind.
Tenochtitlan was at first a muddy island that no one had any type of interest in.The Aztec took use in it and slowly began growing the land and it had what they call "floating gardens" all around it.
Tenochtitlan was a very clean and organized town. Their town consisted of garbage men and a sewer system. Because of how violent their religion is, you really wouldn't expect a town this clean and organized
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Inca Culture
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Calendar
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The first day in both calendars was December, in Inca they call it Capaq Raymi (for the lunar calendar) and Capaq Planting ( for the solar).
The lunar calendar, also known as the night calendar was they calendar that marked all the festivals. The calendar still had 12 months but 28 days in each month.
The solar calendar was used for economic activities such as mining, warfare and agriculture. This calendar was very important to these people , they depend on this to fix the planting.
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Machu Piccu
Machu Piccu has a stair way of fountains, it supplied the city's inhabitants with clean fresh water.
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