Aztecs

The Mayan, Aztec, and Inca civilizations brought major accomplishments to the world today. These accomplishments established them as advanced societies during their time without the influence of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Some of these accomplishments ranged from agriculture to architecture and on to writing and trade. Such as, the Mayans with their agriculture…

The Aztecs      Some historians portray the Aztecs as a bloodthirsty, ruthless savage. Images of human sacrifices and fierce warriors permeate the textbooks and cause us to associate these ideals with the Aztec people. This is not a complete and accurate representation of the Aztec people.     True, the Aztecs were fearless warriors, but this…

Hernando Cortes on Meeting Moctezuma & Destroying the Aztec Empire In the early 1500’s, people traveled their whole lifetime, all across the world, just to find two things, gold and property. Gold, the world basically revolved around it and you would do anything to just get your hands on it. It determined who you were…

Out of the many civilizations were have studied through the year, I see many similarities between The Han Dynasty of China, and the Aztecs. They have the same general characteristics of an ancient civilization, and even more so, since both were golden ages. Both the Han and the Aztecs had organized social structure. The Aztecs’…

The Spaniard and Aztec civilisations were two wholly different universes whose doomed brush caused some surprising reactions from both parties. Neither of these states knew precisely what to anticipate or how to respond to each other’s behaviours. Differences in faith, imposts and arms became the make up one’s minding factors of who would be the…

Current paper makes a critical overview of the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the context of Miguel Leon-Portilla’s “The Broken Spears”. The main argument of the paper is focused on the question of Spanish assistance provided to the Aztecs in order to change their lives for the better. It is certainly a question if the…

The Aztecs were an American Indian civilization that ruled over a powerful empire in Mexico from the 1400’s to the 1500’s. They had a highly advanced society in the Americas and constructed cities on a massive scale comparable to those found in Europe during that era. Additionally, their religion encompassed the remarkable custom of human…

Present day Mexico was not always Spanish speaking, nor was it even a Spanish country originally. It belonged to the Olmecs, which broke down into different generations and names. The one culture that is more predominate in Mexico is the Aztecs, stemming from the father culture Nahuas. After Christopher Columbus sailed the big ocean blue…