The Maya‚ Aztec and Inca were three civilizations in Latin America that accomplished many social‚ political and economic feats during the Middle Ages. Though all civilizations were alike in many ways‚ they also varied in some ways. All three civilizations greatly ranked their social classes‚ and each valued religion. However‚ roles and expectations of men and woman were not all the same throughout each empire. Another variation between the three empires is their geographic location which also enabled
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Section II: 3) How and why was Hernán Cortés able to conquer the Aztec Empire? • Hernán Cortés was authorized by the governor of Cuba to do an expedition with six hundred men and eleven ships to try and find the kingdom where lots of gold was expected to be. Cortés was given a gift by the Tobasco people‚ and the gift was a girl named Malinali. Malinali was Cortés’ interpreter and soon became one of his mistresses. Malinali told Cortés about Quetzalcoatl the god of the Aztecs that will later return
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The Inca were South American Indian people who ruled one of the largest and richest empires in the America’s. The Inca Empire began to expand about 1438 and occupied a vast region that centered on the capital‚ Cusco‚ in southern Peru. The Empire extended more than 2‚500 miles (4‚020 kilometers) along the western coast of South America. It included parts of Present - Day Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Peru‚ Bolivia‚ Chile‚ and Argentina. The Inca Empire was conquered by Spanish Forces soon after their arrival
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The Aztec architecture is based on values and civilization of an empire. In order to understand the architecture of the Aztec’s‚ we need to know the history of the Aztec‚ where they come from and their religious background. How the structure of their daily homes where and what was their objective in building the empire. The many city of the Aztec Empire was Tenochtitlan in Mexico city. The monumental city was built on top of a small island and wetland. After the Spanish conquest the Aztecs were robbed
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Cortes and the Conquering of the Great Aztec Empire When Cortes heard of a vast and wealthy empire deep within the Mexican interior‚ the conquest of Mexico had already begun. The Aztec empire was what the ambitious Cortes had been looking for since his departure from Spain; he most certainly hoped that his wish to discover the empire would come true. The Aztecs‚ on the other hand‚ did not know Cortes. The empire was as it always had been; the Aztecs had no serious premonition of war. Cortes
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Compare and contrast essay: Byzantine and the Aztecs The early civilizations of the byzantine and Aztec empires rose to power using a variety of tactics. They were both very successful and very powerful up to a certain point. The byzantine and Aztec empires both used military strategies and advancements in war. Although while the Byzantine Empire used Christianity to unify its people‚ the Aztecs made people fear them by using human sacrifices. Also the byzantine was a bureaucracy with an emperor
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the 1400’s‚ the Aztecs began to expand their empire greatly. The Aztec empire did not rule directly over conquered people. Aztecs made alliances with nearby city-states conquered others. According to document 1‚ the rule of the Aztec empire differs from other empires by‚ demanding tribute payments in form of food and clothing‚ precious stones‚ furs‚ fine woods‚ and slaves. Conquered people didn’t refuse to pay tributes to the Aztecs‚ because trade and tribute held the Aztec empire together. As the
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COMP Essay Although the rise of the Aztec and Mongol empires did not occur in the same time period or in the same region‚ they are still similar. The biggest similarities are that they both lived almost entirely off of tribute and relied heavily on their armies. However‚ these similarities also came with differences‚ like the fact that their armies used different strategies/weapons. Some other differences were that the Aztecs migrated to Mexico‚ whereas the Mongols were just unified where they
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Aztecs I would be a Mayan Aztec is not for me I didn’t choose the Aztecs for a couple of reasons. One of them is the sheer number of people they have. The Aztecs stood at about 6‚000‚000 people‚ which is way to many. They are also very war oriented and formed most of their alliances this way. I‚ personally‚ am much more interested in the arts than in war. If I could choose to live in the Aztec‚ Inca‚ or Mayan empire‚ I would easily choose the Mayan civilization. From a personal point of view‚ I would
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The Aztec empire was of immense population and size which benefited from a central control. Cortes had discovered that his conquest of Mexico would not be as easy as Pizarro’s conquest of the Incas. The process the leadership being killed after gradual trade would not be possible in Mexico. It was the religious beliefs of the Aztecs that gave Cortes and his men the opportunities necessary for conquest. Thesis. The Aztecs were a very complex people. They were a civilization over 2000 years old
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