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The Aztec Nation

2023-06-26 07:49:34

The country of Azteca heard distant voices. It sounds like a thick drum got hit by heavy instruments. You listen to it again and turn your eyes to the direction of the sound. You are surrounded by a thick jungle. A snake slides between the feet. I hear the sound again. There is a thick fern in front of you. You separate them and overlook the vast valley. Because the valley becomes too wide and the green is dark, my breath disappears. But this is not what you see. You are staring at the building that shines in the huge city, spring sunshine.

Aztec's country is one of the largest and most advanced Indian countries on Earth. Almost every part of Aztec's life is in a state where people are more likely to live than many European countries. History of the Aztecs of those days, the economy, the environment, and the lifestyle of any other country were unique. The northern homeland is called Azatlan (4, 16). Considering that their language (Nahuatl) also belongs to the language family of Soshonean (2, 46). In Aztec culture, their main major crop is maize (5, 76). Corn grind the dough boiled in the usual lime, other major crops that make it the tortilla beans, pumpkin, tomato, cotton, is pepper (5,76-7). Two crops, maguey and agave, are used as ropes, sacks and sandals, and exchange cotton for clothes (4, 43). From maguey juice, use a gentle form of alcohol called rhythmic drink, pulque (4, 45)

In 1492, the population of Aztec reached 10 million to 20 million in central Mexico. Their society is divided into four classes, and their best rulers are given as much power as any power in Europe. The capital city of Aztecs is a city island surrounded by Tenoktitong, a canal with a population of 150,000 people. They are very advanced, it was a skilled surprising require hydropower engineering the "floating gardens" even in their capital. Exchange of goods across the Atlantic from Europe to Africa, South America, Central America, the Caribbean. European goods that were not known in the new world once became an important part of the United States. Herd animals from Europe are flourishing in the United States with precious flora and fauna, and the associated weed will destroy the new world of native flora. Starting with the new world, Europeans can get important table foods such as potatoes, corn, tomato and others.

An important event in world history was a Spanish conqueror who conquered the Aztec Empire in 1521. As part of conquest, Spanish conquerors led by Hernan Cortes captured Aztec leader Moctezuma II. Shortly thereafter, Moctezuma II died, Aztecs retaliated against the Spaniards and forced to escape from the capital of Azteca. The Spaniard called this incident "Noche Triste". After the Noche Triste incident, the Spaniard escaped to Tlaxcala and was chased by Aztec's fighter plane. In Tlaxcala, the Spaniards recovered from scars, including Cortez and Alvarad, who were all injured in escape from TenocTitran. Spain and Aztecs were influenced by the Spaniards being able to accept and accept the new Spanish army in this Tlaxkara, but the Aztecs were influenced by the expansion of disease in Europe.