Aztec

Empire, where they are in Mexico and was a great empire

Empire of the Aztecs is the State of Native Americans, which ruled most of what is now Mexico in the period from 1428 until about 1521 the empire represented the highest point in the evolution of civilization Aztec rich that had begun more than a century earlier, and began to dominate the area stretching from the Valley of Mexico in Central Mexico and east to the Gulf of Mexico and south to Guatemala when it was conquered by the Spanish Empire

Aztec word refers to all the people who founded the empire, who called themselves the Mexica, or Tenochca, and, more generally, to each of the Nahuatl-speaking ethnic groups that lived in the Valley of Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest. Name Aztec is derived from Aztlán, the mythical homeland of the Mexica; according to tradition, Aztlán was located northwest of the Valley of Mexico, and perhaps in western Mexico. The name Mexico is derived from Mexica.

Aztecs built large cities, and put social structures, political and religious. Capital, Tino_iitlan were present on the site of Mexico City. And put the city built on islands and reclaimed land (Marsh

 Tino_iitlan was probably the largest city in the world at the time of the Spanish conquest. Appeared the huge temple complex and the royal palace, and many of the channels

Aztec empire was destroyed after the Spanish conquest, but their civilization remained an important influence on her development of Mexican culture. Many contemporary Mexicans are descended from the Aztecs, and more than 1 million Mexicans speak Nahuatl, the Aztec mother tongue, as their first language. In Mexico City and the excavation continues to reveal the foundations of the temple, statues, jewelry, antiques and other Aztec

The Aztec Empire ruled since 1428, and even in 1521 when the Spaniards conquered. This empire was the basis of the Aztec civilization. And control of the Empire was the Valley of Mexico and Central Gulf of Mexico to the east and south to Guatemala

 Aztecs built large cities and buildings of religious, administrative and political. The Tino_iitlan Tenochtitlán the capital and the site was a place in Mexico City today. The largest city in the world when it was conquered by the Spaniards in the early 1916. It had a huge temple and the king's palace and many of the channels, but they destroyed the civilization has been its impact on Mexican culture.

 Aztec last barbarians tribes entered the valley of Mexico Americas Horn in 1912. The capital Tino_iitlan the pyramid of the great pyramids of Aztec and represents the god of war and its base area of 700 square feet and a height of 300 feet and has staircase consists of 340 degrees, in the end over the top there are two towers, each tower of three floors and has an altar with an offering human priests they provide, and contains the pyramid in its aspects Ali Quat (slots) of each niche to symbolize the day of the year (see: Maya. and many of the contemporary Mexican Aztec. There are million Mexicans still speak the Aztec language Nahuatl Nahuatl National

 In Mexico City conducted excavations for the detection of Aztec civilization. The people of the Aztec people called the Mexica or Mxhexa Tnocka Tenochca. The name is derived from the Aztec word Azatlan Aztlán, which in the myths of Mxhexa. The people there Azatlan northwest Valley of Mexico

Before the establishment of Aztec Valley of Mexico was the center of a sophisticated culture. Since the year 100 meters. Until 650 AD The valley was the city of Teotihuacán was the center of the state, political, religious and economic ties.
After the demise of this city, the people of Toltec migrated from the north to central Mexico, where a strong component of the Toltec civilization Toltec civilization, which amounted to thrive between 10 and 11 centuries BC. m.

 In the 13 th century attacked the Alcicimk Chichimec the Valley of Mexico and captured the towns of the Toltec. And integrated their culture with the culture of Toltec components early Aztec civilization. The Aztec society based on agriculture and live under the guidance in all aspects of religious life

 The Aztec worshiped gods represent the forces of nature have an impact on the agricultural economy have, and the cities of pyramids, the stone giant and then click the peaks of temples, was submitted by the human sacrifices to the gods, and that the people of agriculture has been worshiped the forces of nature, the sources of these powerful gods, Fbdoa god of the sun and Izibotstli Huitzilopochtli , which was considered the god of war. They had a rain god Tlaloc Tlaluk and the God of Wind

The Aztecs believed that the gods benevolent and beneficial, must remain strong to prevent the evil gods from destroying the world for this reason they offer a human sacrifice, most of them prisoners of war. They believed that the god of rain Tlaluk preferred victims are children

 The ritual sacrifice on the dates they were Ihspunha by the stars to select a special time for each machine, and the victim was a step up to the top of the pyramid, where he was the priest extend it over over a stone altar, and clinch the victim's heart and raise high the god being honored, then puts the heart is beating for grilling in the fire of the Holy, and sometimes it was Many victims are killed once in 1487 Aztec priests killed 80 thousand prisoners of war to dedicate the reconstruction of the Temple of the Sun City Tino_iitlan

   

The priests believe that they obtain satisfaction gods fasting or injuring themselves, and some of them ran schools for the education of the priesthood of children who will become priests. Of the most important work of the priests identify the happy days of waging war or doing business, and there was a religious agenda is composed of 260 days upon this information. The holy days to honor the gods have an agenda for the solar calendar consists of 365 days. This calendar was a follower, I have the Maya, Olmec and Alzaboutk in Central America. The Art takes a religious nature, or of war

 Aztec developed system of irrigation and fertilizers used. Did not know the farmers plow, but they were Don seeds in small holes. They make pottery and baskets. The women grind corn Barahaya stone.

Did not know the coins, but they were using cocoa beans, cotton clothes, and salt in buying and selling them, did not have Aztec vehicles on the calf, no animals to draw, but they were using boats small tree trunks carved canoes or on the emergence of porters who were walking in convoys, and in front of them Traders, porters and convoys guarded by armed men, and merchants were working in espionage on behalf of the empire, especially in the cities in which they were selling and which were not subject to Aztec

Most of Aztec art reflects the concepts and the religious perspective, he uses bright color graphics, and the graphics on top of walls or paper bark trees amatl, and portrays the religious ceremonies and images of the gods.

They were practicing the art of sculpture and painting, the idol carved in low relief sculpture or relief and it was these actions show the gods or the sacred record of the victims. Of the most famous statues of the Aztec calendar stone, which weighs 22 t and a diameter of 3.7 meters, and represents the universe and the world for Aztec, in the middle of the stone engraved image of the sun and is surrounded by circles are designed to symbolize the days and years.

Artists make forms for people and animals in the form of small statues of quartz and stone Alobisudaian (glass rocky) and rubies.
Aztec was using a simple hand-powered machines to work, and people had to have manual dexterity, a woman had spun fiber plant Mjoa maguey fibers Bmgazl of sticks and Astronomy spindle of dried mud. Be Isbgen threaded with bright colors, and the aprons and Insjnha Kialt and loose-fitting clothing for men and jackets with sleeves and long skirts for women and geometric designs characteristic

 The craftsmen hand-holding feathers and make him the veil and headscarf and flags. They make pottery leprosy layers of mud slide over each other to make pots for storage and cups and oven tiles (of his wedding) for bread and this was in the fire pots Choi ovens open, and the red and white painted with the precision engineering designs.

 Supplements did not have Aloznk iron and bronze, as in the countries of the Middle East and the shredders of stone Alobsidian. And at the coming of the Spanish colonists were using the machinery of copper. The Aztec Bzinon jewelery gold silver copper Emerald Turquoise Sapphire. The ax blade made of stone or copper and hands made of wood and drills from the bones or reeds