Aztecs

Aztecs

1. Mexico

   • Lake Texcoco
     • 700 years
     • Modern Mexico City
     • Land of Prickly Pear Cactus

2. Soldiers

   • 17 years
   • Macahuitl
   • Telpochali
     • pricked with cactus

3. Human Sacrifice

   • Gods and Godesses
   • Sun dies needs blood to rise

4. chinampas: Floating Gardens

   • Food and Farming
     • maize
     • Fruits
     • Vegetables
     • Maguey cactus
       • Fibres
       • Sap
       • Dried leaves
       • Spine

5. Hernan Cortes-Conquistador

   • 1519:invasion
   • Coinquered 1521
   • Diseases
     • Measles, Small pox, whooping cough, maleria, yellow fever