1. PREPARED BY PUPILS OF 10 FORM MASLOVA LYUBOV PAMPUHA ANASTASIA ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS. AZTECS. School № 76 N. Novgorod 2012

2. The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to 16th centuries.

3. Their original place of residence was uninhabited island in Lake Texcoco. Arriving on the island, the Aztecs saw that it inhabits many snakes, and very glad to see this, because snakes were their food. Already in 1325 there was a city on the island of Tenochtitlan - the Aztec capital.

4. Aztec culture and history is primarily known through archaeological evidence found in excavations such as that of the renowned Templo Mayor in Mexico City; from indigenous bark paper codices; from eyewitness accounts by Spanish conquistadors

5. AZTECS CLOSE Art played dress up in Aztec society a significant role, and it is not surprising. The Aztecs, like all other peoples of the world, sought to emphasize his clothes social differences between people and their clothes differed not only sumptuous but also well thought-out details.

6. If the clothes, shoes and cosmetics of the ancient Mexicans were relatively simple, their ornaments, on the contrary, different richness and elegance. The women wore earrings, necklaces and bracelets on the arms and legs. The men were the same ornaments, but they pierced his wings on top of the nose and lower lip to put there special decoration - labrets.

7. AZTECS LIFESTYLE Aztecs is warlike civilization. They enslaved many other tribes and nations, borrowing a little from every nationality, and thus forming a unique culture.

8. HUMAN SACRIFICE For most people today, and for the European Catholics who first met the Aztecs, human sacrifice was the most striking feature of Aztec civilization. While human sacrifice was practiced throughout Mesoamerica, the Aztecs, if their own accounts are to be believed, brought this practice to an unprecedented level. For example, for the consecration of the Great Pyramid the Aztecs reported that they sacrificed 84,400 prisoners over the course of four days

9. ARTS Song and poetry were highly regarded. There were presentations and poetry contests at most of the Aztec festivals. There were also dramatic presentations that included players, musicians and acrobats.

10. CONCLUSION We have learned from all this a one lesson: that the human sacrifice can be not only a bloody ritual, but also fun =))

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