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Hernan Paniagua Period 6 Aztecs and Inca 32% (Tenochtitlan (Tenochtitlan…
Hernan Paniagua Period 6 Aztecs and Inca 32%
Aztec Culture
Religon
Had a calendar to mark religious festivals.
Music is a crucial part to their religion.They used shells rattles and horns.
Had lots of religious ceremonies and story telling.
Only priests and scribes can write.
Priest never took baths. After a sacrifice they would keep the blood on them thinking it would balance the universe.
Games
Ullamalitzi was a game played with a ball. You could only use your Knees,Hips, and feet to launch a ball into a hoop.
It was never determined if the Winners or losers of the game were sacrificed (since it was a so called honor to die)
Patolli was a popular board game. You would move a piece around just like in chess.
Little kids played tlachti. It was a combination of Baseball , soccer and basketball it was played with beans.
Tlachti was actually a betting game which is why it would be played with beans
Family Life
Children were taught responsibility and citizenship by their parents. If they disobeyed the child would get a very bad punishment.
Kids from the noble class class went to a calmecac school. They got taught warfare history citizenship and religion , But girls were not taught but Trained for marriage
The men in the family would work outside they house meaning they would be a farmer or a warrior. Woman cooked food for the family and cleaned clothes.
Men wore loin clothes and epic capes. Woman wore long skirts and blouses.
Aztec men usually get married at 20 years old. They didn't get to choose their wife . What if shes ugly?
Inca Culture
Religon
Family life
Clothing
Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan was expanded my using chinampas. Chinampas are literally man made land used for farming.
The temple in the middle of Tenochtitlan would be covered in dried blood. It was used for sacrifices
The city was a very advanced advanced one. It had been the biggest in the entire world at that time.
Since the aztecs didn't have metal they smoothed the sun with other rocks to make temples and bricks.
The city actually had a sewer system. They also had garbage men who took trash.
Aztec Engineering
Temples
Some Temples were used for sacrificial intentions.
Chinampas
They are used for farming and expanding the city.
They are Made from Mud , Twigs and grass.
Fascinating artwork was carved into some temples.
Inca Engineering
Aquaducts
Walls
Machu Pichu
Fall of Inca
Atahualpa
Pizarro
Conquered
Fall of Aztec
Cortez
Conquered
Montzezuma