30 of the most important words

1. Aqueduct
2. Teotihuacan (city of the
goods)
3. Pyramid
4. Sacrifice
5. Chinampa
6. Eagle Warrior
7. Jaguars Warrior
8. Empire
9. Palaces
10. Temples
11. Aztecs
12. New World
13. Tenochtitlan
14. Heart
15. Valley of Mexico
16. Canoe
17. Texcoco lake
18. Tezontle
19. Spanish Conquest
20. Aztek Emperors
21. Nomadic
22. Expansion
23. Shining City
24. Mesoamerica
25. Overthrew
26. Gulf of Mexico
27. Metropolis floating
28. Tribute to their goods
29. flamboyant headdresses
30. Eagle perched on a cactus
Summary of Engineering an Empire: The Aztecs
Aztec were nomadic that were searching a place for building their city. The
Aztec leader had a vision, this vision showed the place where the goods want
to build their city and the signal was see an eagle perched on a cactus. This
place was the Texcoco Lake but Aztecs had a challenge because they had to
build on the lake.
When Aztecs had beginning to build their city, they developed a support
system with wood beams for building pyramids, temples and roads. In the
same time Aztecs developed a distribution water system based in aqueducts.
Aztecs built an amazing green city, and quickly began to expand their
territory, conquering neighboring towns. Opening new trade routes and
communications routes with the most remote city, using messengers were
running quickly.
Hernan Cortes landed at Mexico and learned about the natives. He When
Spanish people came to Mexico, they were astonished with the green city.
The natives offered woman for sexual services and Hernan needed a
translator so he chose to Malinche, she translated the orders that Hernan
wanted.
When Spanish people came to the great Tenochtitlan, they were astonished
for the green city. Hernan want to conquest the city and he fought to get it.
Wars were made for many years until Tenochtitlan fall down.