Essay On Aztec Astronomy

The Aztec astronomy is a complicated subject to discuss in a large group due to the biased opinions. There are two sides to the Aztec astronomy the Eurocentric and Aztec point of view. Therefore depending on the person it can be explain in a certain way that can catches the reader's attention. This research will be a balance between the european and aztec point of view. According to the one of the sources that I found it supports the Aztec point of view is well explained. The article “Aztec Astronomy and Observation of Nature” informs about the two calendars used by the Aztecs. It goes further in depth on how they properly function. The first calendar talks about its 365 day cycle on and how exactly it works. In comparison to the second calendar it talks about its 260 day cycle and what it means. Although both calendars are very distinctive to each other they are similar in some ways. For example one way it's similar is that both are a 52 year calendar equivalent to one century in current years. In other words the Mexica astronomy was very advanced as it is foreseen as something unreliable. However, to the European point of view the Aztec is not very true to its history due to the fact that most of is history is not a first hand account. In our philosophy class the teacher talked about an example that happened to a college student
Thus, it can be said that many of their customs were nearly accurate. According to “Mayan Astronomy” it states, “The Mayans believed that the Earth is at the center of all celestial bodies and that the Sun, the Moon and the stars moved around it.” In other words it's trying to further explain that the mayans believed the earth was the center of everything in the universe. This is understandable at the time since the technology was very limited. This is important to the Aztec civilization because it makes a great contribution to history