Compare And Contrast Popocatepetl And Iztaccihuatl

Tlacaelel, being very violent, made it a point that his people would pledge allegiance to the war god Huitzilopochtli. Tlacaelel would choose Aztec people to sacrifice to the war god. It was believed that the war god was to be nourished with blood. In order for this to be fulfilled, the Mexicas would need

The Aztec people felt very strong about their beliefs in gods and superstitions. Montecuhzoma the independent ruler of the Aztec empire swayed his people to believe in the power of gods and idols and live a spiritual life. This ultimately was a turning point for the Aztecs and is where the Spanish once again gained advantage over the Aztecs. While the Aztecs were faithful to their beliefs it made them powerless an easy take down. Superstitions played a huge factor in the Aztecs first encounter with the Spanish people. In 1519 when the Aztec people saw sight of something coming from a distance in the water, they believed it was Quetzalcoatl (Leon-Portilla, 18). Quetzalcoatl was a legend to them that promised to come back. Montecuhzoma misread the situation and sent messages and gifts in hopes that it sent a gesture to welcome the gods onto their land. This was a big mistake that Motecuhzoma made by opening his arms to the Spanish people upon their first encounter together (Leon-Portilla, 63). This is just one case where the Aztec people poorly used their judgement. However, Motecuhzoma did come to realize the behavior of the Spaniards or “Gods”. When the Spaniards held the gold given by the Aztecs their greed became noticed in the eyes of the Aztecs. The Natives described them as monkeys. They soon caught on that the Spaniards were not gods and heroes and more so barbarians

Leon-Portilla based the stories told in this book upon old writings of actual Aztec people who survived the Spanish massacres. The actual authors of the stories told in this book are priests, wise men and regular people who survived the killings. These stories represent the more realistic view of what really happened during the Spanish conquest. Most of the history about the Aztec Empire was based on Spanish accounts of events, but Leon-Portilla used writings from actual survivors to illustrate the true history from the Indians’ point of view.

This particular story is like a complementary to the note lectures about the Aztecs. Also, this lecture help to understand

“Tenochtitlan” and “Popocatepetl and IxtlaccihuatI” are two very similar stories. They have a lot in common but not everything is the same. Somethings are different about these stories. Tenochtitlan and Popocatepetl & Ixtlaccihuatl can be different like there being no kings. Somethings are the same like the environment.

Warfare was a part of Aztec life, the Aztecs went to war so that could capture people to sacrifice to their beloved gods. They believed if they did not sacrifice people the gods would get angry and the world would end. Other reasons to go to war were that they could expand their territory, and collect resources. The Aztec threw scattered wooden spears to disperse the enemy troops, come in and knock out the dispersed enemy warriors. The Spanish had a very different approach to war the Spanish tried to peacefully negotiate and discover the most powerful. When the Spanish found the strongest colony they would kidnap their leader and make him do their bidding, if the leader would not listen they would threaten to kill him. If things did not work out peacefully the conquistadors would fight on open ground where they have an advantage. The tactics and strategy so that the Spanish and Aztec used were very different, but the Spanish had many superior weapons, tactics, and focused more on killing rather than capturing. All of these reasons are why the Aztec were

The Aztec were a powerful group but did not have an imperialistic worldview like the Spanish. The Spanish expanded their empire and travelled across to the America’s. Here they explored and conquered many groups of people. As they fought the Spanish army grew with more slaves being taken in. This was very different from the Aztec people who fought only for control. They were not focused on expanding their religion and allowed conquered areas to keep their religion and way of life. They did not take slaves and used the captured men for human sacrifice. The Aztec thought that sacrifice would keep their gods happy and increased the amount of before they were conquered. Thus the Aztec worldview was based on religion and the gods. The Aztec and Spanish worldviews were different. The Aztec respected their gods and only conquered land to not be destroyed while the Spanish conquered land to expand their empire. These factors helped contribute to the fall of the powerful Aztec

The Aztec Empire was very successful during their time in power. Before settling Lake Texcoco, they were believed to be nomads. According to legend, Huitzilopochtli (god of sun and war) told them to go where they was an eagle sitting on a cactus with a snake in it’s mouth. Although, historians believe that other more powerful tribes had settled around Lake Texcoco. The Aztecs had no choice but to settle where they did. Overall the Aztec Empire was very powerful, and successful. Mainly they should be known for their innovations. Politically, through lightning quick attacks, chinampas, and emperors being chosen on merit. Economically, innovations such as chinampas, causeways/raised roads, and canals. Lastly, innovations were used socially through calpullis, aqueducts, and Calmecacs.

The Spanish arrival in Tlaxcala was a good meeting and the Tlaxcaltecas sort of formed an alliance with the Spanish, showed them the city of Mexico, and showed them the Cholula. The Spanish arrival in Cholula was a bad one and the Tlaxcaltecas hated the Cholultecas, which was even worse. When they arrived, the Cholultecas did sacrifices, the Spanish did not like it at all, and they fought and killed the many of the Cholultecas. The other telling was the same concept the Tlaxcala were with the Spanish and there was a battle with the Cholultecas except it didn’t happen as quickly the Spanish invaded Cholula and the Tlaxcaltecas sent a message to Cholula for peace but they fought in a battle anyways. Also, the Tlaxcaltecas realized that their

The Aztec and Incan empires both had strong armies. In the Aztec empire by the early fifteenth century the Aztecs were powerful enough to overcome their immediate neighbors and demand tribute. During the middle decades of the fifteenth century, the military elite that ruled much of Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs launched ambitious campaigns of imperial expansion. Know as “the Obsidian Serpent” Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma advanced first to Oaxaca in southwestern Mexico. After capturing Oaxaca and slaying

from sending out magicians and warlocks hoping that they could harm the Spaniards with their

The mountain or Ixtla had a great disposition, so she had plenty of friends. Ixtlaccihuatl wanted to marry Popocatepetl, but the emperor didn’t let her to marry him though. As the emperor became old, he also got ill. Eventually the emperor made a bet, and the bet was if you defeated the enemies around Tenochtitlan, you were able to rule or reign with Ixtlaccihuatl. The war was long, and they took a variety of weapons with them to. When Popocatepetl returned from the battle with all of the surviving man’s, he was crowned the new

In this article they spoke of many different topics but they all were related to one another in some way . The aztecs and incas were not getting along very well with trading goods along with the tax paying . Cortez took power and it was not very much appreciated in the country as a whole. The article states that Cortez and Pizarro both had enough allies to take control .

The first being political political: the subjugation of enemy city states in order expand the empire and demonstrate power and superiority. The second objective was religious and socioeconomic: the taking of captives to be sacrificed in religious ceremonies. According to Friar Diego Durán’s accounts of the Aztec civilization, Tlacaelel - a king of the Aztec Empire - arranged with leaders of other Pre-Columbian city states to engage in ritual battles that would provide all parties with enough sacrificial victims to appease the gods. Tlacaelel reigned over a period of great famine in the empire in year 1450. The Aztec Religion believed that Gods required sacrifices to keep all running smoothly. There were several gods that the Aztecs worshiped to for agricultural purposes, for example: Tláloc, who sends rain and nourishes maize7, Centeotl, the god of maize in general, Teteoinnan, the god of agriculture as well as sexual fertility, and Xipe Totec, god of rituals and sacrifice8. The Aztecs believed that through worshipping certain gods, and generously providing them with a steady supply of sacrifices and blood, the gods would in return keep things balanced. When there was not enough victims, Tlacaelel resorted to these battles to collect more humans to be sacrificed. War was a dominant aspect of the Aztec civilization, and they aspired to exponentially expand their empire through military conquest, while also collecting tribute from the

At the very top of Aztec society was the Tlacatecuhtli or "chief men" that dominated all religious ceremonies and was the military leader of the Aztecs. Below him were religious offices that served as military generals.