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Aztec Achievements
Main Idea 3: The Aztecs had many achievements in art, science, and language.
Aztec Achievements
The Aztecs valued learning and sent their kids to school.
Aztecs valued learning. Many Aztec teenagers attended school. There were different types of school options. Teenagers from noble families learned about their future responsibilities. Some Aztecs went to schools where they learned how to become a warrior.
Aztec Art an Aztec headdress
Aztec sculptures
Aztec Art
Aztec Art
Aztec Art Aztec art also included architecture. Carpenters and stonecutters built huge pyramid-shaped stone temples. Hundreds of such temples stood in Tenochtitlan.
Aztec Achievements
The Aztecs were famous for studying astronomy and created a calendar much like the Mayan calendar.
Aztec Achievements
The Aztecs also knew many different uses for plants. They knew of 100 different plants that could be used for medicine.
Aztec Achievements
The Aztecs had a complex writing system using hieroglyphs. They kept extensive written records.
These hieroglyphs helped the nobility track who had paid their tribute
Aztec Achievements
Song and poetry were highly regarded by Aztecs too.
Aztecs believed that poetry was the only occupation worthy of an Aztec warrior in times of peace. “You are the quechol bird, color of fire, Which flies across the plain In the kingdom of death. “
Click on the sound icon to hear an Aztec original song
Aztec Achievements
The Aztecs also had a very strong oral tradition.
They considered fine speeches very important and also enjoyed riddles.
Aztec Achievements
Stories about ancestors and gods were also a part of the oral tradition. The Aztecs told these stories to their children and passed them down from generation to generation.
After the Spanish conquered the Aztecs, many of these stories were written down.
The story of the eagle on the catcus is one of the stories that was passed down for hundreds of years by oral tradition
Main Idea 3: The Aztecs had many achievements in art, science, and language.
Aztec Achievements
The Aztecs valued learning and sent their kids to school.
Aztecs valued learning. Many Aztec teenagers attended school. There were different types of school options. Teenagers from noble families learned about their future responsibilities. Some Aztecs went to schools where they learned how to become a warrior.
Aztec Art an Aztec headdress
Aztec sculptures
Aztec Art
Aztec Art
Aztec Art Aztec art also included architecture. Carpenters and stonecutters built huge pyramid-shaped stone temples. Hundreds of such temples stood in Tenochtitlan.
Aztec Achievements
The Aztecs were famous for studying astronomy and created a calendar much like the Mayan calendar.
Aztec Achievements
The Aztecs also knew many different uses for plants. They knew of 100 different plants that could be used for medicine.
Aztec Achievements
The Aztecs had a complex writing system using hieroglyphs. They kept extensive written records.
These hieroglyphs helped the nobility track who had paid their tribute
Aztec Achievements
Song and poetry were highly regarded by Aztecs too.
Aztecs believed that poetry was the only occupation worthy of an Aztec warrior in times of peace. “You are the quechol bird, color of fire, Which flies across the plain In the kingdom of death. “
Click on the sound icon to hear an Aztec original song
Aztec Achievements
The Aztecs also had a very strong oral tradition.
They considered fine speeches very important and also enjoyed riddles.
Aztec Achievements
Stories about ancestors and gods were also a part of the oral tradition. The Aztecs told these stories to their children and passed them down from generation to generation.
After the Spanish conquered the Aztecs, many of these stories were written down.
The story of the eagle on the catcus is one of the stories that was passed down for hundreds of years by oral tradition
