Aztecs By Jessica Thompson

When/Were Mexico Tenochtitlan (one of the largest cities in the world) 1200 AD

Social Ladder Great Speaker (aka emperor) Nobles Royal Family WarriorsPriests Commoners Slaves

Tributes 4x a year Clothing Accessories (feathers, jaguar skins) Food (maize, beans, cocoa) Jewels

Royal Family  Food brought in from other villages (sweet potatoes, oysters, pineapple, hairless dogs)  Great Speaker’s family

Nobles Warrior that captured 4 people by himself Eat better food than other warriors

Warriors Every guy fights no matter which school you went to Fight in the flower war Capture as many people as you can Try not to kill prisoners Prisoners used as slaves

Priests Have to have gone to Calmecac (priest school) Help with sacrifices Read the ancient calendars

Slaves Prisoners taken in from Flower War People that didn’t pay tribute Used as sacrifices

Punishments Brought before judge (while waiting you are put in a wooden cage) House knocked down (if only robbery) Executed Strangled Clubbed to death Slaves to be sacrificed

Education Priests – Read – write – How to use calendars Warrior – How to be the handyman – Handle weapons and fight

Weapons Bow and arrow Strong wooden swords with razor sharp blades on the end Spear thrower for javelins, poison tipped darts shields

Food Sea animals(fish, frog, turtles, fish eggs) Land animals(lizard, hairless dogs, cactus worms, turkey, armadillo, tapir) Tortillas(main food) Vegetables(maize, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers)

Rituals Sacrifice people by ripping out their hearts On The Great Temple(biggest temple in city) Priests cut out hearts Your heart is a gift to the gods so that they don’t end the world

Games Kind of like basketball except the basket is sideways Basket is 5 feet above your head Loser has to sacrifice a player