Transcript Aztec Indians

Aztec Indians
Located
Located in South Central Mexico
Famous For?
• The Aztecs were
famous for their
agriculture, cultivating
all available land,
introducing irrigation,
draining swamps, and
creating artificial
islands in the lakes.
• They developed a form
of hieroglyphic writing,
a complex calendar
system, and built
famous pyramids and
temples.
Legend
• Legend has it that the
Aztecs wandered for
many years in search
of a sign, an eagle
and a serpent fighting
on a cactus, to show
them where to found
their city.
What Happened
• In 1519 Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico and defeated
the Aztecs.
• 8 Omens Occurred 10 years prior to the Spanish arrival.
The 8 Omens
• a strange appearance in the eastern sky,
• fire consuming the temple of Huitzilopochtli,
• a lightning bolt destroying the straw temple of
Xiuhtecuhtli,
• the appearance of streaking fire across the sky,
• the “boiling,” and later flooding, of a lake nearby
Tenochtitlan,
• women weeping for night upon night,
• the capturing of an unknown creature with a fishing net,
• and the sightings of strange monsters having two heads
and only one body throughout the city.