aztecs and incas
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- causeways
- raised roads
- chinampas
- floating gardens, 330X30
- how did the aztecs record events and daily life?
- codec, codicies=picture system
- how many people did they sacrifice/year?
- 20000
- what did they eat?
- corn, squash, beans, tomatoes, fish and birds avalible.
- what happened in 1428?
- the triple alliance was formed with 2 other tribes
- what is their capital and where is it?
- tenochtitlan, lake texcoco
- what is theyre staple crop
- corn
- what is tribute?
- paid to emperor by conquered people. sometimes it was very high and made life difficult for some people
- what was the aztec hiearchy/
- emperor and nobles, warriors and priests, merchants and craftsmen, farmers and laborers, slaves
- what were their 2 main gods and what were their domains?
- war+sun=huitzilopochili and thicloc=rain
- what were their homes made of?
- reed and mud
- when did they come to settle in mexico?
- 1300s