Zusammenfassung der Ressource
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Aztec codices are texts written by pre-Columbian and colonial-era Aztecs. These codices provide some of the best secondary sources for Aztec culture. True or False?
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What kind of texts did codices serve as? Select all that apply.
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Calendars
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Maps
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News
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Recipes
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Ritual instructions
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Historical records
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Pre-Colonial (also known as Pre-Hispanic) codices were presented as screen folds, an accordion-like arrangement which could be spread out and read in their entirety. True or False?
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Is this codex from the Colonial or Pre-Colonial period?
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Colonial Period
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Pre-Colonial Period
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Which period is this codex from?
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The people who painted codices were called tlacuilos, which we loosely translate as ‘scribes’. What kind of members of Aztec society were they?
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They were men and women who were well educated and specially trained, often members of the Aztec nobility.
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They were men who were well educated and specially trained, often members of the Aztec nobility
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They were women who were well educated and specially trained, often members of the Aztec nobility
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They were men and women who were specially trained, often slaves.
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Could every Aztec person read a codex?