3.02 México interior - Práctica A. Answer the following about the Aztecs and the Conquistadors. 1. Describe the life of the Aztecs. What is Tenochtitlan? How big was that city? The Aztecs were like any other society. Tenochtitlan was the capital city which had around 100‚000 people. 2. What was sold at the Aztec market? They sold almost anything. Things such as hand woven cloth‚ food‚ and birds. 3. What was the main staple of the Aztec diet? The main staple of the Aztec diet was
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aspects of the work: the materials and technique‚ the composition and scale‚ and lastly‚ the subject and iconography of the work. The materials used in this work appear to be sheet gold‚ feathers‚ and amatl on wood. Feather painting (amantecayotl‚ in Nahuatl) was a traditional medium in precolonial Latin America‚ and the primary medium that indigenous artists utilized to replicate European styles and iconography in the viceregal time. Feather painting was a style mostly employed in New Spain during the
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culture. The image of the Virgin‚ Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe‚ is more than an image. The portrait is a history lesson since the design on the Virgin’s dress point to the geography of Mexico and to Nahuatl (Aztec/Mexica) deities. The symbols also reveal part of the message of the Virgin to Juan Diego‚ the Nahuatl artisan who saw the Virgin. The symbols held a special meaning for the indigenous people of Mexico due to their tradition of this type of writing: The mantle is blue-green‚ the color reserved
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Cortes himself. Actually‚ it was Montezuma who gives and place a necklace of gold and stone on Cortes ( Nahuatl Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico 115). But this account also depicts Montezuma subjecting himself to Cortes while saying the land belonged to Cortes because when Montezuma gave a speech or spoke to Cortes he said "you have reached your land‚ your settlement‚ your home Mexico"(Nahuatl Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico 117). In addition that Montezuma was a temporarily ruler only sitting
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instruments‚ flutes. Aztec Teponaztli v The Mexica: The valley‚ tigris and Euphrates. -the Aztec spoke nahuatl Every culture had 4 instruments: 1. Voice 2. Percussion 3. String 4. Wind v The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization with a highly developed language and culture -Mayan totonacas –local dialects-yet distant areas Bernal Díaz - Bernardo de Sahagún - Pedro de Gante – Nahuatl – v Bernal Diaz: an early conquistador (1492-ca. 1581)‚ he called azec music the poorest art of the pre-conquest
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Culture: Aztecs Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec Five things I learned about this culture: 1. - This was one of the most representative of Mesoamerican cultures in 14.15 and 16 centuries‚ spoke Nahuatl and was located mainly in central Mexico 2. Aztec people from Aztlan means and went to the Mexican people‚ Aztec culture and history is primarily known through archaeological evidence found in excavations such as that of the renowned “Templo Mayor” in Mexico City and many others 3
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most popular works is “Xicochi conetzintle”. The song itself barely reaches one minute in length and takes the form of a lullaby in a way‚ with its lyrics talking about a child falling into a peaceful sleep. Fernandes original wrote the piece in Náhuatl‚ also known as the language of Aztecs and Native Americans who resided in New Spain. One interesting thing I learned about this piece has to do with its translation. Before the text “Caomiz huihui joco in angelos me” (Fernandes) was translated to
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the name of Malinche‚ as though captain and interpreter were one. Indeed‚ Cortes never seems to have let Malinche out of his sight” and gained the native people’s respect “the Mexica and other Nahuas also recognized her status‚ giving her name the Nahuatl honorific suffix of –tzin that turned Marina into Malintzin”
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weather‚ good crops and overall goodness to the Aztec people. The Aztec government was basically a monarchy government. Which meant a King or Emperor rules. They called him Huey Tlatoani‚ the ultimate power in the land. The Aztec language is Nahuatl. Nahuatl‚ originally came from the Uto-Aztecan language family. Contributions made to modern world from the Aztecs is not shared everywhere but in certain places. The Aztecs made it mandatory for everyone‚ both males and females to have a education despite
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Prince Iquehuacatzin Prince Mahchimaleh Father Emperor Huitzilihuitl Mother Queen Miahuaxihuitl Moctezuma I (c. 1398–1469)‚ also known as Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina‚ Huehuemotecuhzoma or Montezuma I (Classical Nahuatl: Motēuczōma Ilhuicamīna [moteːkʷˈsoːma ilwikaˈmiːna]‚ Classical Nahuatl: Huēhuemotēuczōma [weːwemoteːkʷˈsoːma])‚ was the fifth Aztec emperor and king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign the Aztec Empire was consolidated‚ major expansion was undertaken and Tenochtitlan started becoming
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