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The Aztec Empire
Nick Shepard Period: 5
Daily life in the Empire! ! ! ! ! ! $Had a major urban trading center $ Worshiped over 1,000 gods $Aztec priest sacrificed humans atop the great temple $ The army would often capture people for sacrfices $ They were based off the mya calendar $ They built a ceremonial plaza of Tlacolan
The Organization of Empire! ! ! ! ! ! ! $ Organized into a tradtional class system $ Expanded empire over 80,000 square miles $ Divided the empire into provinces $Joined city-stetes of mexico Tlacolan to form the triple alliance $ Between 5 & 15 million people
Achievements of the empire! ! ! ! ! $ They built the cause way $ Used the calendar $ Had a powerfull army $ had the Gold, Maize, cocao bean, Cotton, and the jade.] $ They kept track of the rituals and public ceremonies
the Decline & legacy of the empire! ! ! ! ! $ Aztec had been deemanding to much tribute and sacrifice victums $ spanish began to invade south america $ forced to have to pay a higher tribute $ montezuma froze and reduced the number of public officials $He tried to reduce pressure on the provinces
