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Land and People

Geography and Climate : It was hard to grow crops. The Aztecs came up with a farming system called chinampas.
Society : The commoner class consisted of farmers, artisans, merchants, and low level priests. The noble class consisted of government and military leaders, high level priests, and lords.
Rulers : Rulers were elected, or it was passed down. The current ruler is Enrique Pena Nieto who took office in 2012.

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Values and Attitude

Society’s view : The Aztecs were not very friendly people. They frequently had human sacrifices with even wives and kids ( including cannibalism). The Aztecs would conquer the surrounding peoples and make them pay a tribute ( goods like gold, weapons, feathers, and precious stones). They also would adopt and combine several different cultures.

Morality : Men having more than one wife was normal. The more wives you had, the wealthier you were. Women were able to run businesses out of their homes. If you committed a crime, you could be put to death. Arranged marriages were normal.

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Religion and Tradition

Religion : The Aztecs worshipped about 1000 gods. They believed in 13 heavens and 9 hells. Sacrifices were one of the main events in the Aztec religion.
Priests : Priests made calendars, and often taught in school. Priests usually smelt of death because they were in charge of sacrificing people. Priests were often painted black, and wore a black robe with human bones and skulls.
Symbols : War, jaguars, snakes, dogs, birds, insects, and sacred hills.
Medicines : The Aztecs had medicine for fevers, infections, tumors, swelling, chest pains, internal injuries, ulcers, and general purpose.
Superstitions : Aztecs believed that a swarm of ants was a terrible curse. Aztecs also considered it a threat if frogs were in your house.

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Making Friends

Home Life : Man was considered head of the household.
Family’s Role : Women ran businesses out of their homes. Men usually became warriors. Men and Women could be involved with working the land. Children were known as the inheritors.
House Materials : Houses were made with lime plaster, wood, soil, straw, stone, sand, clay, and bricks. Straw was used for roofs. Some roofs were flat, and some were peaked.
Houses : Most houses had a kitchen, and a room for sleeping and eating. Most houses also had pottery and stones for cooking, a fire place, tools, a animal hide bed, baskets, and hunting gear.

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Cultural Life

Music, Song, and Dance : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiFljznibKo
Instruments : Drums, rattles, and flutes were the main instrument's played.
Poems : Aztecs celebrated poetry as an art, and it was flower and song.
Art : Aztecs made sculptors, statues, paintings, pottery, feather weaving, and jewelry. Most of their artwork was adopted from other cultures.
Festivals : The Aztecs had over 15 festivals that were celebrated every year. Most festivals involved sacrifices to the gods.

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Food, Sports, and Dress

Food : Corn was one of the main crops for the Aztecs. The upper class ate things like tacos, tortillas, and tomales. Some common foods were beans, corn, avocados, squash, tomatoes, limes, cashews, peanuts, potatoes, chilies, chocolate, honey from bees, turkeys for meat and eggs, dogs, ducks, fish, deer, rabbits, iguana, and fruits and vegetables.
Sports : Two of the Aztecs sports activities that were played were tlachtli and patolli. Tlachtli was a game that you threw a ball through a ring. Most games that were played, the loser was put to death.
Dress : Men and women wore loose clothes that didn’t cover the whole body. Only nobles were allowed to wear jewelry.

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