Aztec empire

Empire, where they are in Mexico and was a great empire

Empire Aztecs is the state of Native Americans, who ruled most of what is now Mexico in the period of 1428 until about 1521 the empire represented the highest point in the evolution of civilization Aztec rich that had begun more than a century earlier, and began to dominate the area stretching from the Valley of Mexico in central Mexico and east to the Gulf of Mexico and south to Guatemala when it was conquered by the Spanish empire

Aztec word refers to both the people who founded the empire, who called themselves Mexica, or Tenochca, and more generally, to each of the Nahuatl-speaking ethnic groups that lived in the Valley of Mexico at the time of Spanish conquest. Aztec name is derived from Aztlán, the mythical homeland of the Mexica; according to tradition, Aztlán was located northwest of the Valley of Mexico, and possibly in western Mexico. The name Mexico is derived from Mexica

Aztecs built large cities, and put the social structures, political and religious. Their capital, Tenotstitlan existed on Mexico City. And put the city built on islands and reclaimed land (Marsh
Tenotstitlan was probably the largest city in the world at the time of Spanish conquest. Appeared the huge temple complex and the royal palace, and many of the channels.

Aztec empire was destroyed after the Spanish conquest, but their civilization remained an important influence on her development of Mexican culture. Many contemporary Mexicans are descended from the Aztecs, and more than 1 million Mexicans speak Nahuatl, the Aztec mother tongue, is the first language. In Mexico City, excavations continue to uncover temple foundations, statues, jewelry, antiques and other Aztec civilization

 .Aztec empire ruled since in 1428 AD, and until 1521, when it was conquered by the Spaniards. This empire was the basis of the Aztec civilization. And control of the Empire was the Valley of Mexico and Central Gulf of Mexico to the east and south to Guatemala

Aztecs built large cities and religious buildings, administrative and political. The Tenotstitlan Tenochtitlán the capital and the place was the site now Mexico City. The largest city in the world when it was conquered by the Spaniards in the early 16th century. It had a huge temple and the king's palace, and many of the channels, but they destroyed the civilization has been its impact on Mexican culture

Last Aztec barbarians clans that have entered the Valley of Mexico Americas Horn 12 m. The capital Tenotstitlan the pyramid of the great pyramids of Aztec and represents the god of war and its base area of ​​700 square feet and a height of 300 feet and has staircase consists of 340 degrees and in the end over the top there are two towers each tower of three floors and has an altar for offerings of human priests they make, and contains the pyramid in its aspects louvers on the openings of each niche stands for day of the year (see: Maya. and many of the contemporary Mexican Aztec. million Mexicans, there are still speak the Aztec language Nahuatl Nahuatl national

In Mexico City conducted excavations for the detection of the Aztec civilization. The people of the Aztec people called the Mexica or Mxhexa Tnotchka Tenochca. The name is derived from the Aztec word Azatlan Aztlán in which legends Mxhexa. The people there are Azatlan northwestern valley of Mexico.

Before the Aztecs and the Valley of Mexico, a center of advanced civilization. Since the year of 100 m. Up to 650 m was the valley by the city of Teotihuacan was the center of the state, political, religious and economic ties.
After the demise of the people of this city Altoltk migrated from the north to central Mexico, where a strong component of the civilization Altoltk Toltec civilization which reached its prosperity between 10 and 11 centuries BC. M.

In the 13th century attacked Alcicimk Chichimec the Valley of Mexico and captured the cities Altoltk. And integrated into their culture with the culture of the Aztec civilization Altoltk components early. Aztec society was based on agriculture and live under the guidance in all aspects of religious life

The Aztecs worshiped gods representing forces of nature which have an impact on the agricultural economy, they have, and the cities of the pyramids stone giant and over peaks of temples, was presenting the human sacrifices to the gods, and that the people of agricultural was worshiped forces of nature, the sources of these powerful gods, Fbdoa god of the sun and Izibotstla Huitzilopochtli , which was considered the god of war as well. They had a rain god Tlaloc, the God of Tlaluk wind

.The Aztecs believed that the gods of good and useful, it must be kept strong to prevent the evil gods from destroying the world for this reason they offer a human sacrifice and most of them prisoners of war. They believed that the God of rain Tlaluk preferred victims are children.

The ritual sacrifice on the dates they were Ihspunha by the stars to select a special time for each god, and the victim was a step up to the top of the pyramid, where he was the priest Amddh over over a stone altar, and clinch the victim's heart and lifts it up to the god being honored, then put the heart, which beats for grilling in the fire of the Holy, and sometimes it was many of the victims killed in a one-time in 1487 AD Aztec priests killed 80 thousand prisoners of war to perpetuate the rebuilding of the Temple of the Sun city Tenotstitlan

 . .The priests think that they obtain satisfaction of the gods by fasting or injuring themselves, and some of them ran schools for the education of the priesthood of children who will become priests. Of the most important acts of the priests determine the happy days of waging war or doing business, and there was a religious agenda made ​​up of 260 days upon this information. The holy days to honor the gods have an agenda for the solar calendar made ​​up of 365 days. This calendar was a follower and I have Alawlmk Alzaboutk and Maya in Central America. The art takes a religious character or of war

Aztec developed a system of irrigation and fertilizer used. Farmers plow is not known but they were Don seeds in small holes. They were making pottery and baskets. The women grind corn Barahaya stone

 Did not know the coins, but were using cocoa beans, cotton clothing and salt in buying and selling them, did not have the Aztec vehicles on the calf or animals to drag, but were using boats small tree trunks carved canoe or the appearance of porters who were walking in convoys and in front of them traders, and the caravans of porters guarded by armed men, and merchants were in the espionage work for the Empire, especially in the cities that they are selling and which were not subject to the Aztec

Most of Aztec art reflects the concepts and religious perspective, he used bright color graphics, and the graphics on the walls or the bark of trees, paper amatl, and depicts the ceremony and celebrations of religious images of the gods.

.They were practicing the art of sculpture and engraving, the idol carved in low relief or high relief and it was these works show the gods or the sacred record of the victims. Of the most famous statues of the Aztec calendar stone, which weighs 22 tons and 3.7-meter diameter, and represents the universe and the world for the Aztec, in the center of the stone engraved image of the face of the sun and surrounded by circles are designed to symbolize the days and years.
Artists make the forms for people and animals in the form of small statues of stone and quartz Alabasudaian (glass rocky) and rubies.

The Aztec machines using simple hand tools to work, and the people have the skill hand, women were woven plant fibers Mjoa maguey fibers Bmghazl of sticks and spindle orbit of dried mud. Be Asbgen threaded with bright colors, and of aprons and Insjnha Qaalt and loose clothing for men and jackets with sleeves and long skirts for women and geometric designs distinctive

The skilled craftsmen hand-holding feathers and make him the veil and the headscarf and flags. The lepers were making pottery clay layers of the slices over each other to make pots and cups for storage and oven tiles (wedding) for bread and pots Choi was in the open fire ovens, and the red and white drawing accurately geometric designs.

I have not complement Aloznk iron and bronze as it was in the Middle East and was of stone cutting machines Alabsidian. And at the coming of the Spanish colonists were using machines of copper. The Aztec Bzinon jewelery gold silver copper Emerald Sapphire Turquoise. The ax blade made ​​of stone or copper and hands made ​​of wood and drills from the bones or reeds

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