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The Aztecs

By Mathieu Bouwman and Cedrick Jonker

by Mathieu Bouwman and Cedrick Jonker

Content

-Historical Question

-Aztec Empire

-Huitzilopochtli

-Sacrifices

-Aztec language

-Temples

-How did the culture end?

-Answer to the Historical Question

Historical Question

Why did the spaniards wanted to conquer the Aztec empire

Aztec empire

-Capital city: Tenochtitlan

-Currency: Cacao beans

-Tuxpan

-Coatzacoalcos

-Huaxy acac

-Tehuantepec

Tehuantepec

• Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (Full name)
• Founded 15th century
• 57,163 Inhabitants nowadays

Tenochtitlan

-Capital city of the Aztec empire

- 20 june 1325

-200.000 inhabitants (One of the biggest cities in that time)

-Monarchy

-1521

Tuxpan

• Small village
• Nowadays it has 134,394 inhabitants
• It was one of the biggest cities of the Aztec empire at that time

Coatzacoalcos

• major port city nowadays
• founded 1522
• 319,187 inhabitants nowadays

Huaxy acac

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Huītzilōpōchtli

-Hummingbird of the South

-Primary god of war

-Atlatl

-Xiuhcoatl

-Sacrifices

-National god of the Mexicas

Sacrifices

-Human sacrifices                                                            

-Hearth

-Huitzilopochtli

What was the name of their most important god?

1. Xiuhcoatl
2. Huitzilopochtli
3. Atlatl
4. Tenochtitlan

How many NATIVE speakers do you think the Aztec language has nowadays?

1. around 1.7 million
2. none
3. a couple of thousand
4. 402.100

Aztec language

-Nuhuatl

-1,740,000 native speakers

-Central mexico

-since 7th century

Temples

-Place to pray

-Offering

-Architecture

Where does what belong?

Livings

Aztec empire

offerplaces

Xiuhcoatl

 Xiuhtecuhtli

Triple Alliance

Huitzilopochtli

Temples

Tenochtitlan

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When did the spanish ships land in mexico?

1. 1519 BC
2. 1519 AD
3. 1459 AD
4. 1459 BC

Why did the Aztec empire fall?

1. Too many enemies.
2. Christian people spread.
3. They were attacked by the Chinese people.
4. A earthquake destroyed there temples.

Answer to our Historical Question

• There was a lot of wealth
• Cortes wanted gold and silver
• Convert the Aztecs to Christianity
• Glory 
• Greed

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What did you learn about the Aztecs

Aztecs