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Warm-up 3. What was the significant difference between the lives of women in Mesoamerica and in the Mediterranean world? A) Women in Mesoamerica participated fully in the military. B) There was no polygamy practiced in Mesoamerica. C) Aztec women were unable to inherit or to pass property on to heirs. D) Aztec women had to spend many more hours grinding grain for food. What aspects of Toltec culture survived after their fall (therefore were incorporated into Aztec culture)? What is a tribute based empire? 3. D
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The Americas: The Aztec & the Inca
Unit 3
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The Aztecs
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Rise of the Aztecs Aztecs (Mexica) migrate to Lake Texcoco in central Mexico c. 1325 Founded city of Tenochtitlan in 1325 Empire started in 1434 Aztec kings represented civil power and served as a representative of the gods on Earth
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Aztec Government City-states ruled by a speaker chosen from the nobility The Great Speaker, ruler of Tenochtitlan, was in effect an emperor Increasingly considered a living god Conquered peoples maintained some autonomy if they paid tribute
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Aztec Religion Aztec maintained traditional deities of Mesoamerica
128 major deities Huitzilopochtli (right) was the Aztec tribal patron and patron deity of the cult of warfare and sacrifice
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Human Sacrifice Human sacrifice was a typical part of Mesoamerican religion Aztec expand practice into a cult where military supplied war captives for sacrifice Why? Political purposes Population control Cannibal kingdom
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Human Sacrifice
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Tenochtitlan On an island in Lake Texcoco
Aztecs called it the “foundation of Heaven” By 1519 had a population of 150,000 Connected by causeways and canals
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Tenochtitlan “The Venice of the Americas
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Aztec Economy Agriculture
Food often provided as tribute Built chinampas Pochteca was a special merchant class which specialized in long-distance luxury trade Cacao beans and gold dust were used as currency; bartering was most common 17’ long x 100’ to 330’ wide 20,000 acres of chinampas
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Chinampas 17’ long x 100’ to 330’ wide 20,000 acres of chinampas Chinampas were man-made floating islands 17’ long x 100’ to 300’ feet wide. Aztecs built over 20,000 acres of chinampas.
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Chinampas
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Aztec Society Originally divided into seven clans called calpulli
Calpulli redistributed land, organized labor gangs & military units, maintained temples & schools Eventually a class of nobility emerged Nobility controlled the priesthood & military
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Aztec Society Women’s primary role was the household
Women spent six hours a day grinding corn; restricted women’s rights Marriages were arranged Polygamy existed amongst the nobility Women could inherit property
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Anatomy of An Empire
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The Inca
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Rise of Inca Founded by Quechua-speaking clans, ayllus, living near Cuzco c. 1350 Inca (ruler) Pachacuti expanded the empire from Built Machu Picchu Expansion continued after Pachacuti’s death
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Machu Picchu
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Machu Picchu
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Conquest & Religion Expansion motivated by split inheritance
Polytheistic Sun God was the primary god Influenced by animism Mountains, rivers, etc. were considered holy shrines Temple of the Sun in Machu Picchu
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Inca Government Inca was considered almost a god
Divided empire into four provinces Developed a bureaucracy run by nobles Nobility drawn from the ten ayllus Local rulers maintained their positions Colonized conquered areas Relocated some conquered peoples
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Inca Economy Unlike Aztecs, not a lot of trade Primarily agricultural
Tried to be self-sufficient Primarily agricultural Terrace farming & complex irrigation Over 200 types of potatoes Inca Socialism Used forced labor for massive projects Mita
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Terrace Farming
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Inca Society Inca emphasis on military reinforced gender inequality
Women worked in the fields, wove cloth, and cared for the household Women worshipped fertility deities Recognize parallel descent Women passed rights and property to their daughters
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Inca Technology Built a complex system of roads and bridges
2500 miles of roads Used a system of runners to carry messages throughout the empire Beautiful pottery, cloth, and metalworking Quipu Masonry
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Bridges and Roads
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Quipu
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Inca Metalworking
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