Native American people was the pestilence of smallpox. An account of just how devastating smallpox was among a populace whose immune systems had no prior experience with or any way to combat European diseases can be found in book twelve of the Florentine Codex. “Before the Spaniards came to us‚ first an epidemic broke out‚ a sickness of pustules. It began in Tepeilhuitl. Large bumps spread on people; some where completely covered. They spread everywhere‚ on the face‚ the head‚ the chest‚ etc. [The
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cultural development that occurred there. The Mendoza Codex (Document 1) is an example that shows the daily activities and customs of the Aztec society. It shows the type of work done by people depending on their gender. The men were taught how to fish and hunt while the women were taught how to work with crafts. The point of view is the author(s) that wrote the Mendoza Codex and believed what was right for each gender. The page from the Codex Mendoza (Document 6) shows how advanced the Aztec marketplace
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As a conquistador under the command of Hernán Cortes‚ Bernal Diaz witnessed some of Latin America’s most interesting and least chronicled history. He was fortunate enough to be one of a select few Europeans to experience the Aztec empire at its height and to visit Tenochtitlan prior to its downfall. In an era where personal accounts of the historical occurrences are almost nonexistent‚ Bernal Diaz’s The True History of the Conquest of New Spain provides virtually the only window into this period
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occurred there (documents 1‚6‚7‚8‚10‚11). The Mendoza Codex exhibits the daily activities and customs of the Aztec realm (doc. 1). It depicts the type of work depending on gender roles‚ in which men performed more of the hunting activities and the women were taught how to work with crafts. The picture also shows how the older generations taught their young the new techniques and traditions. (Insert authors’ pov/bias here).The page from the Codex Mendoza shows the advanced marketplaces they had because
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the goddess of the snake skirt stone monument‚ round‚ can be seen all around. motherly figure Anonymous: a Leaf from the Codex Borgia (pre 16th century) folded out like an accordion; about 26 ft long. abstract; broad color; meant to look flat. decorative quality through abstraction Anonymous: The Art of Featherworking illustrated in the Florentine Codex‚ 1570 western atmosphere influenced; aslo influenced by roman/greece architecture the colorful feathers & symbols on the side
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would craft jewelry into the shapes of birds‚ reptiles‚ and bells. One kind of jewelry the Aztecs made were earplugs/earspools. There were two Montezumas. Ancient Aztec artifacts included: fired-clay Mictanecuhtl statue‚ Aztec calendar stone‚ the Florentine Codex‚ Aztec feather shield‚ and Montezuma’s throne. There were both men and women in battle. Three major cities were Tenochtitlan‚ Texcoco‚ and Tlacopan. Themes in Aztec art were insects‚ birds‚ fish‚ animals‚ jaguars‚ ducks‚ monkeys‚ snakes‚ deer
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The Spanish conquest of Mexico is an epic story that is understudied. The historical documents recounting the events are either written through the memory of the conquerors or the conquered‚ and as a result there is a great disparity in the facts‚ those facts changing depending on which side produced the documents. We will take a look at several of the documents published in Victors and Vanquished from both the Spanish and Nahua perspectives‚ analyzing them for bias‚ lessons learned‚ as well as the
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Imagine you are born in 1452 as the illegitimate son of a legal specialist‚ and a peasant woman. Because of this‚ his parents could not raise Leonardo da Vinci‚ so his parent’s family raised him in Vinci. This is a problem that he faced his entire life. While he was truly loved by his parents‚ he was never truly accepted by society. However‚ the criticism he faced in his early years quickly vanished as a result of his achievements. Because he had such a wide variety of skills and knowledge‚ he is
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advanced or as powerful as the Europeans‚ they were able to make amazing things happen. In Documents 1‚ 2‚ 5‚ and 7 we see how the Spanish invaders saw the technological and intellectual accomplishments of the Mesoamericans. In Doc 1‚ from the Florentine Codex‚ Friar Bernardino describes how the Aztecs made clay bricks. He tells of the process the brick maker used and he described that the quality was “well tempered”. This shows that the Aztecs had sustainable methods of creating sturdy‚ clay brick
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When the Europeans first encountered the new world they found many things that they could take advantage of. However‚ European relations with natives from the new world wasn’t always on good terms. This can be seen when King Afonso’s of Congo relations with the Portuguese is compared to the Mexicans relations with the Spaniards. Although‚ these are different countries and different people‚ their relations with the Europeans are quite identical in terms of the treatment of the natives. During the
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