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Page 1: Aztec Culture. Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god Aztec Culture Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god 1300--no more “nomads”

Aztec Culture

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Aztec Culture

• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god

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Aztec Culture

• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god

• 1300--no more “nomads”

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Aztec Culture

• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god

• 1300--no more “nomads”

• Eagle, sitting on a catcus, eating a snake

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Aztec Culture

• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god

• 1300--no more “nomads”

• Eagle, sitting on a catcus, eating a snake

• 1325--found “sign” on shores of Lake Texcoco

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Aztec Culture

• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god

• 1300--no more “nomads”

• Eagle, sitting on a catcus, eating a snake

• 1325--found “sign” on shores of Lake Texcoco

• Capital city - Tenochtitlán

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Tenochtitlán

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Tenochtitlán

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Teotihuacán

• “City of the gods”

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Teotihuacán

• “City of the gods”

• Only priests lived there

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Teotihuacán

• “City of the gods”

• Only priests lived there

• Built on a “slant”--no floods

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Teotihuacán

• “City of the gods”

• Only priests lived there

• Built on a “slant”--no floods

• Pyramid of Sun

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Teotihuacán

• “City of the gods”

• Only priests lived there

• Built on a “slant”--no floods

• Pyramid of Sun

• Pyramid of Moon

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Pyramid of the Sun

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Teotihuacán

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Teotihuacán

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Teotihuacán

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Teotihuacán

• No floods

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Teotihuacán

• No floods

• Measured earthquakes

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Teotihuacán

• No floods

• Measured earthquakes

• Sacrifices???

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Teotihuacán

• No floods

• Measured earthquakes

• Sacrifices???

• Mortal Kombat

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Teotihuacán

• No floods

• Measured earthquakes

• Sacrifices???

• Mortal Kombat

• Apocalytpo

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Quetzalcóatl

• Feathered serpent god

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Quetzalcóatl

• Feathered serpent god

• Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife

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Quetzalcóatl

• Feathered serpent god

• Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife

• Banished--sent away

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Quetzalcóatl

• Feathered serpent god

• Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife

• Banished--sent away

• Supposed to come back as a “light-skinned bearded man”

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Quetzalcóatl

• Feathered serpent god

• Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife

• Banished--sent away

• Supposed to come back as a “light-skinned bearded man”

• Cortés used it to his advantage

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Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken Spanish

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Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken Spanish--Cortés

• Nahuatl

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Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken English--Cortés

• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetzalcóatl???

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Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken English--Cortés

• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetazalcóatl???

• 450 soldiers

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Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken English--Cortés

• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetzalcoátl???

• 450 soldiers

• 24 horses

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Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken Spanish--Cortés

• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetzalcoátl???

• 450 soldiers

• 24 horses

• 15 cannons

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Conquering of Aztecs

• 1517--First known spoken Spanish--Cortés

• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetzalcoátl???

• 450 soldiers

• 24 horses

• 15 cannons

• Diseases

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Mexico’s Independence

• September 16, 1821 -- From Spain

• “Declared” independence in 1810

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Mexican-American War

• 1846-1848

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Mexican-American War

• 1846-1848

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Mexican-American War

• 1846-1848

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Mexican Cession--loss of land

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Cinco de mayo

• France invaded Mexico in 1860

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Cinco de mayo

• France invaded Mexico in 1860

• May 5, 1862 -- Battle of Puebla

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Cinco de mayo

• France invaded Mexico in 1860

• May 5, 1862 -- Battle of Puebla

• War continued for 5 more years until 1867