Aztec Essays

            Every page of history has its own lesson. History accounts disclose several facets of one empire and what led to its downfall. An example of this is the native Aztec empire of Mexico which was depicted in the book written by Miguel Leon-Portilla entitled “The Broken Spears.” Published in …

            Historians regarded the Tang Dynasty (618 AD – 907 AD) as “the strongest empire on the earth in the eighth century” (http://www.geocities.com, 1997, n. pag.). It was also during the Tang Dynasty that its capital, Chang’an (now Xian), was considered as the world’s center of trade and culture (http://www.geocities.com, …

Throughout history we find many different kingdoms, civilizations and peoples and each of them are unique in their own way. By considering the varying degrees of sophistication, different lifestyles , religion and agriculture individuals can examine these peoples and come to understand their way of life and what aspects of …

There were many various civilizations in Mesoamerica approximately 3000 to 500 years ago. Though they were different civilizations, they had some similarities. One may think that ancient civilizations could not have been as advanced as we are today. Yet, who knows? They might have even been more advanced than we …

The Mayan, Aztec, and Incan people were very advanced considering they were secluded from the rest of the world. Each civilization had many great achievements. The Mayans built outstanding pyramids that were structurally sound to honor their many gods. About 1300 years later, the gap between each stone is so …

When the words “Human Sacrifice” come to your mind, what do you think? To me I think it is abnormal and horrific. Most people could agree with me, but others not so much. Human sacrifice is really popular in the Aztec culture. The Aztecs were the Native Americans who took …

The West African Sudanic empire Mali and Aztec had many differences in how they rose to be but had lots of similarities on how the empires were ran such as trade and slaves. The West African Sudanic Empire of Mali started in 1235 when the Ghana Empire was falling. The Aztec …

The Aztec and Mayan civilizations were the most important civilizations from the new world. The Europeans were amazed with the Aztec and Mayan cultures, their ways of life, and their technology. Today we find that the Aztecs and the Mayans were similar in some ways of life like their culture, …

When the Aztec civilization was taken over by the Spanish, many things changed. Some of the changes include, war and violence, religion, disease and population decline, the destruction of culture and cities, Spanish rule and land owner ship; and a few positive effects. When Cortès and group of 11 ships …

During the early parts of the sixteenth century, as the Spanish conquistadors prepared themselves to drop anchor amid the shores of the “New World,” a myriad different circumstances were beginning to unfold that would allow this small group of ambitious conquistadors to not only discover, but conquer the two main …