Aztec Culture

Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god

Aztec Culture Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god no more “nomads”

Aztec Culture Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god no more “nomads” Eagle, sitting on a catcus, eating a snake

Aztec Culture Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god no more “nomads” Eagle, sitting on a catcus, eating a snake found “sign” on shores of Lake Texcoco

Aztec Culture Huitzilopoctli--main Aztec god no more “nomads” Eagle, sitting on a catcus, eating a snake found “sign” on shores of Lake Texcoco Capital city - Tenochtitlán

Tenochtitlán

Teotihuacán “City of the gods”

Teotihuacán “City of the gods” Only priests lived there

Teotihuacán “City of the gods” Only priests lived there Built on a “slant”--no floods

Teotihuacán “City of the gods” Only priests lived there Built on a “slant”--no floods Pyramid of Sun

Teotihuacán “City of the gods” Only priests lived there Built on a “slant”--no floods Pyramid of Sun Pyramid of Moon

Pyramid of the Sun

Teotihuacán

No floods

Teotihuacán No floods Measured earthquakes

Teotihuacán No floods Measured earthquakes Sacrifices???

Teotihuacán No floods Measured earthquakes Sacrifices??? Mortal Kombat

Teotihuacán No floods Measured earthquakes Sacrifices??? Mortal Kombat Apocalytpo

Quetzalcóatl Feathered serpent god

Quetzalcóatl Feathered serpent god Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife

Quetzalcóatl Feathered serpent god Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife Banished--sent away

Quetzalcóatl Feathered serpent god Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife Banished--sent away Supposed to come back as a “light- skinned bearded man”

Quetzalcóatl Feathered serpent god Had affair with Huitzilopoctli’s wife Banished--sent away Supposed to come back as a “light-skinned bearded man” Cortés used it to his advantage

Conquering of Aztecs First known spoken Spanish

Conquering of Aztecs First known spoken Spanish--Cortés Nahuatl

Conquering of Aztecs First known spoken English--Cortés Cortés returns-- Quetzalcóatl???

Conquering of Aztecs First known spoken English--Cortés Cortés returns--Quetazalcóatl??? 450 soldiers

Conquering of Aztecs First known spoken English--Cortés Cortés returns--Quetzalcoátl??? 450 soldiers 24 horses

Conquering of Aztecs First known spoken Spanish--Cortés Cortés returns--Quetzalcoátl??? 450 soldiers 24 horses 15 cannons

Conquering of Aztecs First known spoken Spanish--Cortés Cortés returns--Quetzalcoátl??? 450 soldiers 24 horses 15 cannons Diseases

Mexico’s Independence September 16, From Spain “Declared” independence in 1810

Mexican-American War

Mexican-American War Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Mexican-American War Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican Cession--loss of land

Cinco de mayo France invaded Mexico in 1860

Cinco de mayo France invaded Mexico in 1860 May 5, Battle of Puebla

Cinco de mayo France invaded Mexico in 1860 May 5, Battle of Puebla War continued for 5 more years until 1867