The Aztecs

Aztecs

In this post I'm writing about the Aztecs, because in class we will be learning about them. I'll be writing about their Geography, Technology, religion and culture.                                     
                                                      Geography:
The Aztecs civilization was very dependent on where they lived. The Aztecs made their home in Mexico. They lived in the mountains and near swampy land. The Aztecs did not always live in Mexico, as they wandered through the desert for about 150 years before settling permanently in Tenochtitlan, which was near Lake Texcoco. 

Technology:

The Aztecs had very different kinds of technology then we do now, although some of their technologies they invented we somewhat use today, such as farming, calendars, trading and medicine. Some other inventions that they had were, their language, writing, agriculture, glyph's, flutes,canoes for transportation and there aqueducts. Some of there inventions were made out of bone, stone and obsidian.
     
I was reading Naheed's post and I learned that the Aztec people made chocolate! and that it was also used as currency. They used chocolate for a spicy hot chocolate drink for the upper classes. They                                                       also made made gum from an sapodilla tree.



Religion:
For the Aztecs, religion was very important in their life. They worshiped many gods, and for these gods they would sacrifice human blood. The sacrifice of blood for them was so the gods would be happy and they would give them things back. Four examples of their gods were Huitzilopotchli (Tribal God), Tezcatlipoca (lord of the night), Quetzalcoatl (God of wind),Tlaloc (God of rain).

The Aztecs had a temple, it was used when the emperor  would go on top of it and ''talk to the gods''. The emperor was the one who would go up, because he was the second highest status on their Social Hierarchy.

                                                       Culture:
Their culture was filled with creativity and beauty. Also their culture was also based on art, music, poetry & tattoos. Most of their culture was expressed through their religion and warfare. In   their culture there were rituals, sacrifices, architecture, style of buildings,and science.For the Aztecs education was only given to kids who's family could afford it.

This mini paragraph i paraphrased from Neliufar'  post.
 Men in the aztec time were mostly farming and the boys would trade,fight and become great leaders. Although women would only cook, weave and run a house.

I was looking at Alma's post and i found out that the Aztecs farmed squash, beans,corn,chillies,peppers, and tomatoes.





These are some links to the websites I used.
http://www.aztec-indians.com/aztec-technology.html

https://bmssancientcivilizations.wikispaces.com/Aztecs

http://www.ducksters.com/history/aztec_empire/writing_and_technology.php