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O Aztec trade was mainly based
on barter. It is very possible
that in the Aztec Empire had
also been in trade shows like
the Inca empire. Normally
Mexican merchants traded
products Tenochtitlan Area
for luxury goods of the other
cities and nations.
O It has come to believe
information Tenochtitlan, in
its time of splendor, was the
world's largest market, and it
stood in the central square of
Tlatelolco where they traded
in slaves, prisoners of war,
cocoa, exotic fruits, etc…
industries
O MINING: obsidian
(volcanic rock
crystal) was obtained
from the Southern
Sierra Madre
Occidental, and it
was used to develop
weapons and
everyday objects, as
knives, plates and
necklaces.
O TEXTILE: the textile
industry was of
great importance
for the inhabitants
of the Aztec Empire,
its main products of
manufacturing
were cotton and
maguey fiber.
Social organization
O NOBLES : They paid
taxes and had their
own lands where
the servants and
slaves have to work.
O THE PEOPLE: This
group of ordinary
people was
composed by
artisans, merchants,
and peasants.
SLAVES
O Slaves were prisoners
of war, people who
had committed a
crime or people with
large debts which
they were unable to
pay off short-term and
were offered as
servants of those who
owed him.
religion
O Outside the popular
religion, full of gods
with complicated
histories and
relationships, product
of syncretism of
Nahua civilizations
and Toltec heritage,
priests and
tlamatinime (sages)
developed a deep
monistic view
O Huitzilopochtli was the
chief deity of the
Aztecs
O Tezcatlipoca was the
Lord of heaven and
earth, the source of life,
guardianship and
protection of man,
origin of power and
happiness, business
battles, pervasive,
strong and invisible.
Cihuatecayotl: was the
god of the west wind.
Chicomecóatl: was the
Mexica goddess of
subsistence, especially
corn, principal patron
of vegetation and, by
extension, goddess of
fertility.
GODS
O Xochiquétzal: the
Mexica mythology
was the goddess of
beauty, flowers,
love, loving
pleasure, and the
arts.
O Coatlicue: in
Mexican mythology
was the goddess of
fertility, patroness
of life and death
O Coyolxauhqui:
Mexica was a lunar
goddess.
THE
END
WORK DONE BY: 6ºC
PEDRO TORÉS
IZQUIERDO 9/3/14

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The Aztecs

  • 1.
  • 2. O Aztec trade was mainly based on barter. It is very possible that in the Aztec Empire had also been in trade shows like the Inca empire. Normally Mexican merchants traded products Tenochtitlan Area for luxury goods of the other cities and nations. O It has come to believe information Tenochtitlan, in its time of splendor, was the world's largest market, and it stood in the central square of Tlatelolco where they traded in slaves, prisoners of war, cocoa, exotic fruits, etc…
  • 3. industries O MINING: obsidian (volcanic rock crystal) was obtained from the Southern Sierra Madre Occidental, and it was used to develop weapons and everyday objects, as knives, plates and necklaces. O TEXTILE: the textile industry was of great importance for the inhabitants of the Aztec Empire, its main products of manufacturing were cotton and maguey fiber.
  • 4. Social organization O NOBLES : They paid taxes and had their own lands where the servants and slaves have to work.
  • 5. O THE PEOPLE: This group of ordinary people was composed by artisans, merchants, and peasants.
  • 6. SLAVES O Slaves were prisoners of war, people who had committed a crime or people with large debts which they were unable to pay off short-term and were offered as servants of those who owed him.
  • 7. religion O Outside the popular religion, full of gods with complicated histories and relationships, product of syncretism of Nahua civilizations and Toltec heritage, priests and tlamatinime (sages) developed a deep monistic view
  • 8. O Huitzilopochtli was the chief deity of the Aztecs O Tezcatlipoca was the Lord of heaven and earth, the source of life, guardianship and protection of man, origin of power and happiness, business battles, pervasive, strong and invisible. Cihuatecayotl: was the god of the west wind. Chicomecóatl: was the Mexica goddess of subsistence, especially corn, principal patron of vegetation and, by extension, goddess of fertility. GODS
  • 9. O Xochiquétzal: the Mexica mythology was the goddess of beauty, flowers, love, loving pleasure, and the arts. O Coatlicue: in Mexican mythology was the goddess of fertility, patroness of life and death O Coyolxauhqui: Mexica was a lunar goddess.
  • 10. THE END WORK DONE BY: 6ºC PEDRO TORÉS IZQUIERDO 9/3/14