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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 “lightskinned 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