The+Aztecs

[|CLick here to read more about the aztecs on wikipedia.] =Aztec= Aztec wrote about them selfs. There villages Tlatelolco and Tenochtitlan were beautiful to live in. 1519,the Aztec Empire stretched across Mexico from the Atlantic. They used animals such as turkey and dogs for food meat.They grew food such as corn,chili peppers,squash,tomatoes,beans,and more.food is good.



THE AZTECS VOCAB Tenochtitlan:The capital of ancient Aztec empire on the site of Present day,Mexico city 19 N 99 W.

Valley Of Mexico:an area of lower-lying land in central Mexico where the Aztec established their capital, Tenochtitlan.

Tikal:an ancient Maya city in northern Guatemala 17'north 90'west

Empire: A large area in witch different groups of people are controlled by one ruler or government

Tribute: forced payment usually made in the form of valuable goods

Slavery:the practice of people owning other people and forcing them to work

archaeologist: a scientist who looks for and studies artifacts

Specialize:to spend most of ones time doing one kind of job

Surplus: an amount greater than what is needed

Civilization:A culture that has developed complex systems of government, education, and religion. Civilizations usually have large populations with many people living in cities.

The Aztecs believed in human sacrifice and would rip out their heart and give the heart to their gods. If you where sacrificed it was more homer than to die in battle. When the Spanish came the AZTECS thought that they where their gods but the Spanish really came to kill all of them with their deadly guns, for their GOLD.

Here are the Aztec calender and what it means:: The image in the center is the Aztecs god of the sun and he has 2 hearts in his hand. = = == == = = =[|__Here are some stuff about Tenochtitlan__]=

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== =Tenochtitlan was their main city, made on the water for their God told them to build it there.= = = =Crime and punishment= 2nd offense - death || = =
 * **Crime** || **Punishment** ||
 * adultery || death ||
 * commoner found wearing cotton clothes || death ||
 * cutting down a living tree || death ||
 * drunkenness || 1st offense -head shaved, house destroyed
 * handling stolen property || sold into slavery ||
 * moving a field boundry || death ||
 * kidnapping || sold into slavery ||
 * selling substandard goods || loss of property ||
 * major theft || death ||
 * minor theft || sold into slavery ||
 * treason || death, loss of property, destruction of land, children sold into slavery ||
 * treason || death, loss of property, destruction of land, children sold into slavery ||
 * THANKS TO: http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/laws.html

thank you: http://www.indians.org/welker/aztec.htm

Thank to: http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs1.htm**

The following is a list of Aztec Emperors: code
 * NAME                   TRANSLATION                   DATES SERVED**

TENOCH                TUNA DE PIEDRA                   1325-1375

ACAMAPICHTLI          MANOJO DE CANAS                  1376-1396

HUITZILIHUITL         PLUMA DE COLIBRI                 1397-1417

CHIMALPOPOCA          ESCUDO HUMEANTE                  1418-1427

ITZCOATL              SERPIENTE DE OBSIDIANA           1428-1440

MOCTEZUMA ILHUICAMINA EL FLECHADOR DEL CIELO           1441-1469

AXAYACATL             CARA DE AGUA                     1470-1481

TIZOC                 PIERNA ENFERMA                   1482-1486

AHUITZOTL             PERRO DE AGUA                    1487-1502

MOCTEZUMA XOCOYOTZIN  EL SENOR VALEROSO                1503-1520

CUITALAHUAC           EXCREMENTO SECO                  1520-1521

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The Aztecs played two main basic sports. Their basic sports are talchitlit and patolli. They played talchitlit with a rubber ball against two teams. The shape of the court is a capital 60 meters by 10 meters long. One person on each team would have to shoot the ball into a vertical hoop high over their heads with their knees without using their hands.To learn more [|cl][|ick here]
 * Sports**

The Facts
 * They use codoecs that are about the aztecs
 * Thatelo and Tenoctitlan are the cities built on the water.
 * Chimampas was also one of the floating islands.
 * They keep their cities growing.
 * Tenoctitlan is surrounded by enemys.
 * The aztecs were brudal and violent, they would have fights and if you lost you would become a slave to the aztecs.
 * When they were sacrificed they put their heart in a bowl and they burned it.
 * 30 thousand people were sacrificed in one year.
 * they killed 40,000 and were dead in four days.
 * There was 135,000 skulls of the people they sacrificed.
 * They felt beside keeping the sun god happy they thought they were making the sun god happy, (they thought they were making the sun god more powerful,but they really werent)
 * The aztecs predicted that in their bible they believed that their god would come back.
 * Female in aztec language is, "cihua"
 * Male in aztec language is "oquich"

= = == **Nahuatl-English Basic Dictionary** -tica. with, using, through. -tlan. among, between. aca. somebody, someone achtontli. Great-grandfather, ancestor. acicamatl. To understand altepepan. At the city code altepetl. City, town, population amantecatl. Artisan, amatl. Paper, codex (book) amazolli. Old paper (tradition) amini. Hunter amoxcalli. Library, also book shelf amoxtli. Book atli. To drink water. atolli. Atole, drink made of corn. axixcalli. Restroom (sanitary) ayamo. Not yet. ayaxcanyotica. Slowly. ayohui. Easyly, easy. cíhuatl. Woman, female. plural: cihuah. calaqui. To come in, to get inside. calli. House. Also used as generic buildings. calmanani. Architect. calpolli. Tribe. caxtiltecatl. Spaniard. chantli. House. (home). chia. To wait. past: ochix. chiquihuitl. Basquet. choca. To cry, weep. plural: chocah. chocolatl. chocolate. choloa. To flee, to run away. choquilia. To cry, weep. cihuapillahtocatzintli. Queen. cihuapilli. Lady, princess. citialin. Star. cochcahua. To let sleep cochcayotl. Dinner cochiantli. Dormitory. cochihuayan. Bedroom. cochitlehua. To dream. "Seeing in your sleep". cochitta. To dream. "Seeing in your dream". Visions (mystic). cochmiqui. Sleepy, to be sleepy, drowsy. cocoa. To hurt (suffer pain). cua. To eat. cuauhmayoh. That has branches. huelic. Tasty, good. hueltiuhtli. Sister. huetzca. To laugh. huetzi. To fall down. huexolotl. Turkey. huica. To take (something-someone to another place). huilotl. Pigeon. huiptla. The day after tomorrow. huitzitzilin. Hummingbird. i. To drink mictia. To kill. monequiltia. To love. mopopolhuilia. To forgive. motlalia. Sit on, to be placed at motlaquentia. To get dressed. motlatoa. To run. moyetztica. To be. Plural, reverential: moyetzicate. nahuatlahtolli. Nahuatl language. nahuatlatoltica. In nahuatl language. nahui. Four. namictli. Husband, wife. nanquilia. To answer, to respond. neci. To appear (materialize). nehnemi. To walk. nemachtiloyan. School. nemi. To live. nenepilli. Tongue. nequi. To want. ni-. I, me (as a prefix). nican. Here. niltze. Hello (!). niman. Later, afterwards. nimanic. Right away, now. nimitzittaz. I'll see you. nixtamalli. Corn paste for tortillas or tamales. no. Also. nocenyeliz. My family. nochtli. Cactus (nopal). nohuan. With me. nohuican. Also, too. noihuan. Also, too. notza. To call someone, to talk with someone. notzontecon. My head. noyuhqui. Also, too. nozo. Or, either. ohualla. Came. pahti. To cure pahtia. To cure pahtli. Medicine. pilli. Noble, prince. piltzintli. Son. (Reverential) pitzahuac. Thin,. plural: pitzahuaque. pitzotl. Pig. pochtecatl. Merchant, salesperson. poctli. Smoke. pohua. To count, to read. popoca. To smoke. potoni. To stink, to smell bad. quema. Yes. quenin. How (?) Teica ?. Why ?. tel. But. tennamiqui. To kiss. teocuitlatl. Gold (literally, wonderful waste). teopixqui. Priest. plural: teopixque. teotl. Wonderful, awesome. Terrifying. To some scholars, God. tetl. Stone, rock. texocotl. Tejocote (small winter fruit). texocotzopelloti. Tejocote jam, preserved tejocotes. ticitl. Doctor, medic, healer.tlahtoa. To talk, to speak. tlahtoani. King. plural: tlahtoanime. tlahtocayotl. Kingdom, state, nation. tlahtolli. Language, tongue, Word, speech. tlahtoque. Nobles, princes. tlazohtla. To love. xocoyotzin. The smallest, the youngest. zayolin. fly (the insect). sus zazanilli. story, tale. sus [|click here to find more] code= = =