Transcript The most famous Aztec emperor was Montezuma. The empire lived

The most famous Aztec emperor was Montezuma. The
empire lived in Tenochtitlan. The empire was divided into
provinces. The nobles were rich and they were leaders of
the provinces. There were other nobles like, the
government of officials, judges, and the generals. The
commoners were divided into family groups called clans.
Each clan has there own land. The commoners were
farmers, artisan, soldiers and laborers. The lowest class
were the slaves. The nobles would buy the slaves then the
nobles will sell the slaves in a slave market.
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1th King
2th Nobles
3th commoners
4th Slave
To became a king you had to sacrifice for blood. And when they were in a war
they will get someone from the other group that they were in war as a
prisoner to use as a victim in a ceremony. The king dressed with flowing
white robes decorated with the beautiful quetzal plumes reserved for
royalty. Each noble family rule one city. The commoners where farmers.
They plant crops. Slaves served the king and the nobles family.
Aztec totem statue
They made statues of gods. They build sculptures out of stones.
They carved impressive images of gods. They made pottery out of
clay. They made big statues out of stones. Their art is cool
Mayan art had sculptures, paintings, and
drawings. Maya people loved to see art. They would
get inspiration from their religion. I would like to paint
like them. Mayans made sculptures of gods, nobles
and priests. Mayans enjoyed sculpture.
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jhonatan
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Aztec Religion
By:
Gloria Argueta
Aztec Beliefs
• Aztecs believed in many gods and
goddesses.
• Each god had an important job that they
had to do.
• Aztecs people spent most of their time
trying to keep their gods happy and well
fed.
Basic belief in human sacrifice
• Aztec use people to feed their gods.
• The gods were very hungry.
• Most of the people that were captured
were from neighboring tribes.
By Fatima
The Mayas worshipped the God of nature every day. Worshiping their God was the
Most important thing in their life. They have a god for the sun, rain, rainbow and a God of
Maize if they did not get the help of the God they would not get corps. The God was the
Most important for the Maya.
The Mayas believed in the after life. The commoners buried the dead inside there home
and under the floor for they could live with their ancestors and to have their ancestors
With them every day. Nobles were buried in tombs. The Mayas believed they would be
Compensated.
The Mayas was composed of 3 layer-the heavens, the earth and the under world. They
Some time call it the other world or the place of the awe. They had ceremonies to keep
Away the God and creatures in the under world. The are just us because we have
heavens, the earth and the under world but we don’t call it the under world
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Maya Glyphs
The Mayan’s writing is hieroglyphics.
Glyphs are picture of writing.
Hieroglyphics were use by Maya Aztec and
Incas.
The Maya made a book of codex.
Aztec sports and game
By Uriel
The Aztecs and Mayans have the same
ballgame but different names . The
biggest court is 545 feet long 225 feet
wide.they use a hard rubber ball.
THE MAYA SPORT
BY.MATTHEW
THE GAME
• THE courts had a large playing area.
There was a stone hoop atacted to the
wall at one end.
winners
• When playing games among themselevs
or against other maya cites the winning
team got to keep the jewelry of the losing
team. The maya played a ballgame.
How to play the game
• There are two teams and they have to put
the ball through the hoop without there
hands and leg
Aztecs Farming
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MELVIN ARGUETA
• Hi my name is Melvin and I know
about Aztecs farming. They used the
gardens to grow chillipeppers, squash,
corn, tomatoes, and beans.
Maya farmers
BY SAMSON
What Mayan farmers grew
Maya farmers grew corn, sweet potatoes,
beans, chilies, and squash. They made
the first chocolate drink.
Mayan boys and girls
Boys
 They fished
 They hunted
 They worked the land
mostly by hand
Girls
 They sewed clothes
 They cooked
 They cleaned
 They babysat their
youngest siblings
The Aztec built a city on an island.
It was called Tenochtitlan.
Tenochtitlan is located in Mexico.
Today that city is called Mexico
City know it is an bigger City. The
Aztec built calenders, bridges,
aqueducts, terraces, canals,
pyramids, tools, temples, statues
and paintings.
The Maya built pyramids, cities,
palaces, temples, ball courts, stela,
statues, calendars, bridges, villages,
houses, standing stones and walls. And
they also built Chichen Itza.
They use rocks, mud, ropes, wood,
bricks, and stones to built a pyramids,
cities, palaces, temples, ball courts,
stela, statues, calendars, bridges,
villages, houses, standing stones and
walls.
When the spanish conquistadors
came to Maya they destroyed many
Maya temples.