Print out some Aztec colouring pages. Learn to dye fabrics with cochineal , just like the Maya and Aztecs did. Find out what today's date is in tonalpohualli , the sacred Aztec calendar. Take an Aztec quiz to find out how much you know about Aztec religion and culture. The DKfindout! Discover the rich and brutal history of the Aztec culture through videos and information. Read a very informative account of the Aztec empire and see a map showing how far it spread.
Watch video clips about Aztec warriors, how people lived in Aztec times and why the Aztecs made human sacrifices on the BBC Bitesize website. Watch videos about the Aztec civilisation and the prophecy of Quexalcote.
Discover wonderful facts about the history of chocolate. The British Museum in London holds thousands of objects from south America, including some Aztec turquoise mosaics. If you are able to visit the museum in person make sure you download an activity guide for your Aztec visit first!
The Aztecs considered Teotihuacan to be a sacred place, even though it had been abandoned for hundreds of years by the time they named it. See wonderful images of Aztec life in the Field Museum's Aztecs photo gallery. See some artists' impressions of what the city might have been. The Brooklyn Museum has lots of Aztec objects to look at online. Need help? How to videos Why join? The Aztecs. The Aztecs were a group or tribe of warriors. They were known for being rather fierce! The Aztecs built palaces, pyramids and temples and created a powerful city for themselves.
Religion was very important to the Aztecs and they believed in many gods. Every Aztec male was trained as a warrior. Aztec children had to go to school. The Aztecs leave northern Mexico and live life as nomads, travelling from place to place. The Aztecs arrive in the Valley of Mexico.
Acamapichtli becomes the first powerful leader of the Aztecs. The Aztec Empire is formed with a triple alliance between the Aztecs, the Texcocans, and the Tacubans.
He greatly expands the Aztec Empire. However, my mother did not grow up in a traditional Indigenous household. But she never failed to remind me I am descended from these peoples. In , the year I was born, we lived in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
But when it was time for my birth, my mother walked across the International Bridge to El Paso, Texas, to have me. At the time, some 80, people lived in caves, among the last cave-dwellers in the world. They had no electricity or potable water. They spoke their own idioms. I was a chabochi , someone not from there. But when I told them I was reclaiming my heritage, they brightened. Tempted, I nonetheless returned to the United States.
Besides, so-called mestizos are often non-mixed people who no longer identify as native. That sounds about right. But I gravitate to the deepest root, the Indigenous. I belong on this land, regardless of the barriers and definitions imposed by the nation state. If a media asset is downloadable, a download button appears in the corner of the media viewer. If no button appears, you cannot download or save the media. Text on this page is printable and can be used according to our Terms of Service.
Any interactives on this page can only be played while you are visiting our website. You cannot download interactives. For thousands of years, this area was populated by groups such as the Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec peoples. Cultural traits that define the region include the domestication of maize, beans, avocado, and vanilla, and a common architectural style.
Learn more about the rich cultures and lives of these early civilizations. Mexico City is founded on the ruins of Tenochtitlan.
If you could go back in time, what would you see? Each country had different motivations for colonization and expectations about the potential benefits.
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