The+Aztecs

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 * Lexi and Alysha: The Aztecs**
 * 1100 the Aztecs left homeland in search of new home.
 * 1195 they arrived in the Valley of Mexico
 * 1325 first Tenochtitlan was founded, first temple built by Aztecs.
 * 1375 Acamapichtli becomes first ruler
 * 1452 Tenochtitlan was destrpyed by flood. Famine set in
 * They had two different games, tlachtli and patolli. Tlachtli was a ball games using rubber balls, one person from each team would have to shoot the ball into a vertical basket over their head with their knees, no use of hands. The second game was a gambling game played with pebbles and dry beans. each person was given 6 peices you gamble pebbles in the game.
 * Maizem a type of corn was the Aztec main food. They also ate tomatoes, porridge, and tortillas made from the maize, and tamales stuffed with meat and/or veggie's.
 * Chocolate: a drink of cocoa mixed with ground maize was believed to provide stamina and was used in sacred rituals.
 * They are twice a day only.
 * Had many times of art and artist like stone workers, potters, and scribes.
 * They would write down pictograms to record events, and the potters often designed pottery aroound/for specific events.
 * They spoke N'ahuatl.
 * They had their own alphabet with hundreds of symbols.

__Religion:__
 * Huitzilopochtili (or “hummingbird wizard)
 * Tezcatlipoca (“smoking mirror”)
 * Quetzalcoatl (“sovereign plumed serpent”)
 * 4 sub gods (god of rain and god of growth etc.)
 * At the root of these Aztec rituals was the belief that the gods needed to be nourished by human beings.
 * this was through human blood
 * Those who were higher ranked within the Aztec religion were expected to give the most blood during these Aztec rituals
 * The Aztec gods and goddesses also required the living hearts of humans for nourishment