Imagine you were a young Aztec person trying to decide whether to stick with your religion or convert to christianity. The Aztec and spanish had many differences and similarities in the way that they practiced religion. Both religions had different ways that they celebrated gods sacrifice and religious leaders.…
The Aztec belived in many different gods, some ofthe biggest buildings were temples, and the preistswouldmake human sacrifices in hope of rain; and the Spanish misionaries were Chistian mostly.…
The worshiped a war-god, called Huitzilopochtli, which he was identified with the sun and their war god. Their religion has them human sacrifice, and it has a huge role in war as well, the Aztecs would not fight to kill, but they fought to capture. While the Spanish were ready to kill. The Spanish had a full advantage in technology, since they were the side that were fighting to kill they had the equipment to do so. They had cannons on their ships and carried shields and swords, while the Aztecs had spears and wooden shields. Although technology was a major reason of the defeat, another reason for the defeat was the lack of…
The history of these two empires shows how they were able to conquer the different variations of subjects, and by this the Mongols had to conquer slightly more technologically advanced populations than the Aztecs had to. Even with being built on different hemispheres and different time periods, it is very odd how they compared in becoming popular and prosperous empires, until their decline of course. Besides their sad endings, their rise, as always, shows the great human ability to find a way to gain power in any way possible. From 600-1450, the Aztec and Mongol Empires rose and fell but in their rise to power they both needed merchants to work along with their expansion and also both did not…
The Aztecs had primitive technology and weapons whereas, the Spanish had an updated technology status and superior weaponry. Therefore,…
Religion conferred a substantial portion of the battle within the two groups. In the Aztecs religion, they believed that a human sacrifice was essential to be made so they could keep the gods pleased. They believed that the gods could be satisfied through animals, objects, and humans. Huitzilopochtli, the god of sun and war was mostly offered the human heart, which belonged to the Aztecs enemies and prisoners during these sacrifices. So when the Spanish arrived at the land of Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs considered that these Spaniards were exceptional for the human sacrifice. Though the emperor thought contrarily, Moctezuma believed that Cortes resembled their god Quetzalcoatl, including the magnificent coincidence regarding the arrival of Cortes and the…
On the other hand The Aztecs worked together to conquer other tribes and became successful. When the Spanish came to take over the Aztec tribe they thought they were dreaming its was nothing like they ever seen before, it was so beautiful The Aztecs grew gardens built…
There religion was mainly focused on keeping nature in balance. The Aztecs religion believed it took 5 tries to create the world. The first creator turned into a jaguar and destroyed his world. They believe in sacrifice others. The Aztecs achieved many achievements.…
The Aztecs became so successful because of their gods. They have created their own belief that got them through their hardships.…
In the Aztec empire, religion was really important. They honored a lot of goddesses and gods, and each of these gods had ruled different people, so each god had different jobs. The Mesoamerican religion is the way of saying “the Aztecs”. In the Mesoamerican religions, they had elements of human sacrifice in most of the festivals, and they were held in the Aztec calendar.…
Before Spanish conquistadors conquered Central and South America the Aztec empire and the Mayan empire were in control. Both empires ruled at different times but both built massive temples to please their gods, kings and also used for astronomy. Unlike the Mayans who used more of a political structure, the Aztec empire was united as one and led by one person. The Mayan empire consisted of many different city states that only linked through trade, political alliances, and tribute obligation. Along with each political structure, both empires had their own social classes that were similar. Aztec and Mayan social classes shaped the daily life of their citizens.…
In the area of agriculture, there were similarities and differences in the techniques, environment, and crops. The Aztecs and Incas both could…
During the years 1200 to 1500 CE, two ideal empires, Mali of Sub – Saharan Africa and the Aztecs of the Americas developed into truly influential and powerful empires. Both empires shared a similarity in economy but a different society. The Mali and Aztecs both traded, but while Mali traded with Islamic regions developing Islamic institutions within its borders, the Aztecs traded locally consequently not being influenced by outside cultures. Both Empires differed in society in which women in Mali tended to have more rights than women in an Aztec society whom they had little to no role in their society. Also social structure of both societies varied in which Mali had extended families and clans serve as the main foundation of their social structure while Aztec society was mainly a hierarchy with military elite as their main source of authority. The Mali Empire and the Aztec Empire rose in different locations thus they had different ways of approaching different aspects of their culture but both empires still shared some key aspects also.…
Documents 4, 6, and 8 all show how similar Aztec cities were to European cities. Much like the Europeans, Aztecs built temples (doc 4), a men's house and a city square (doc 6), and a large market place (doc 8). From evidence such as Document 9, we can also tell they had a similar social structure. Like the Europeans, the Aztecs were a patriarchal society, kept children in line, and considered marriage extremely important.…
First of all, real estate is one of the most important mainstay industries of HK. Mainland Chinese get more information and channels to get familiar with this market since mainland China and HK have been getting more integrated from 1997. In 2011, Chinese investors under a very strict policy of invest property as the government tends to keep the price of estate down. They need to find some new markets and HK is a convenient and excellent place in their opinions for its mature development in property investment. Besides, the financial industry in China is immature so the investors consider even if they put the money in the bank they tend to under a potential inflation risk. They desire a mature market for maintaining value of money and many property companies in HK give them more discounts for selling more…