Aztec Culture
Aztec Culture
• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god
Aztec Culture
• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god
• 1300--no more “nomads”
Aztec Culture
• Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god
• 1300--no more “nomads”
• Eagle, sitting on a catcus, eating a snake
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
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
Tenochtitlán
Tenochtitlán
Teotihuacán
• “City of the gods”
Teotihuacán
• “City of the gods”
• Only priests lived there
Teotihuacán
• “City of the gods”
• Only priests lived there
• Built on a “slant”--no floods
Teotihuacán
• “City of the gods”
• Only priests lived there
• Built on a “slant”--no floods
• Pyramid of Sun
Teotihuacán
• “City of the gods”
• Only priests lived there
• Built on a “slant”--no floods
• Pyramid of Sun
• Pyramid of Moon
Pyramid of the Sun
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán
• No floods
Teotihuacán
• No floods
• Measured earthquakes
Teotihuacán
• No floods
• Measured earthquakes
• Sacrifices???
Teotihuacán
• No floods
• Measured earthquakes
• Sacrifices???
• Mortal Kombat
Teotihuacán
• No floods
• Measured earthquakes
• Sacrifices???
• Mortal Kombat
• Apocalytpo
Quetzalcóatl
• Feathered serpent god
Quetzalcóatl
• Feathered serpent god
• Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife
Quetzalcóatl
• Feathered serpent god
• Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife
• Banished--sent away
Quetzalcóatl
• Feathered serpent god
• Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife
• Banished--sent away
• Supposed to come back as a “light-skinned bearded man”
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
Conquering of Aztecs
• 1517--First known spoken Spanish
Conquering of Aztecs
• 1517--First known spoken Spanish--Cortés
• Nahuatl
Conquering of Aztecs
• 1517--First known spoken English--Cortés
• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetzalcóatl???
Conquering of Aztecs
• 1517--First known spoken English--Cortés
• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetazalcóatl???
• 450 soldiers
Conquering of Aztecs
• 1517--First known spoken English--Cortés
• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetzalcoátl???
• 450 soldiers
• 24 horses
Conquering of Aztecs
• 1517--First known spoken Spanish--Cortés
• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetzalcoátl???
• 450 soldiers
• 24 horses
• 15 cannons
Conquering of Aztecs
• 1517--First known spoken Spanish--Cortés
• 1519-1521--Cortés returns--Quetzalcoátl???
• 450 soldiers
• 24 horses
• 15 cannons
• Diseases
Mexico’s Independence
• September 16, 1821 -- From Spain
• “Declared” independence in 1810
Mexican-American War
• 1846-1848
Mexican-American War
• 1846-1848
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexican-American War
• 1846-1848
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Mexican Cession--loss of land
Cinco de mayo
• France invaded Mexico in 1860
Cinco de mayo
• France invaded Mexico in 1860
• May 5, 1862 -- Battle of Puebla
Cinco de mayo
• France invaded Mexico in 1860
• May 5, 1862 -- Battle of Puebla
• War continued for 5 more years until 1867