Essay On Ancient Aztecs

The Ancient Aztecs were a special tribe situated in the northern area of Mexico. The ancient Aztecs were one of the strongest tribes back in those days. The main city of the Aztecs called Tenochtitlan was situated on an island that had a lake around it. The interesting part is that the Aztecs saw an eagle perched on a cactus on the soggy land near the southwest of lake Texcoco they knew it would be an amazing place to settle. Sadly, the tribe only lasted for 2 centuries as it had been attacked by another tribe. I would be talking about 3 main ideas in this essay. How they developed their environment, The ancient Aztecs and their complex institutions, and their specialized workers.

The Aztecs used their environment in many ways like food resources and transportation. Since the Aztecs were situated on an island and there was a massive lake around them, they used the water for transportation to travel to …show more content…
The ancient Aztecs were dominated by religion. Their most important ceremonies were held to ask the gods for a good harvest. They built palaces and temples for the gods but people actually lived in the palaces. Like most tribes the ancient Aztecs had schools, and for most tribes like ancient Egypt only the elite class were allowed there and they were mostly boys. But in some occasions there were also girls in the school. They all learned how to read and write.

Specialized workers were one of the most important things in Ancient Aztec. They made every single child go to school even slaves and labors for different things, such as pottery, crafts and much more. There were respected jobs and not respected jobs. The respected jobs were jobs like being a doctor or a solider. Having a job like a solider has lots of benefits. Some of the benefits of having a good job is that you get lots of respect and you are highly trained. Also, they are highly paid and also get to retire after a