UNIVERSIDA

D LA GRAN
COLOMBIA Teacher
Tancredo Ivan Herran

Estudent
Jessica Alexandra Mendoza Cárdenas
John Alexander Santana Paipilla
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PROYECT
NIVEL THIRD
• The Aztec empire existed
from 1325 to 1522 with
the arrival and conquest
of the Spanish, its main
economic base was trade
and agriculture, in
which the creation of
islands in the great
Mexican lake stood out,
made with reeds,
branches and mud.
 We traveled to the time of the
Aztecs in century XIV and XV

• This culture had multiple gods in its belief, the most important being those related to
solar cycles or agriculture, they had great celebrations in honor of their gods and in
many of them they demanded human sacrifices. The upper classes of the culture wore
leather and gold garments to stand out from the rest, in their meals they used to use a
large amount of salt and chili peppers which was the most important thing they had to
carry their dishes.

• The emperor Moctezuma ruled during the years 1502 and 1520 until the arrival of the
Spaniards to the Mexican lands. He tried to create an army to fight the "bearded white
men who came from the east" according to the prophecies that dictated the end of their
culture. Due to the alliance between conquering forces and some pre-Columbian
peoples, he didn't choose but to accept the terms of the invaders, causing his own people
to see him as a traitor, leading him to his death by a blow from a stone to the head.
 • At that time,
they could make
human sacrifices
to offer to the
Gods
 At that time,
they took other
tribes as their
slaves and
commercialized
them as a
market
 Back then, they had to hunt in the forest or
the territory they inhabited, many worked in
mining and women made handicrafts
 • Questions about biography
MOCTEZUMA

• 1. What was the name of the Aztec

emperor?
• Rta - He was call Moctezuma
• 2. What were the years of your
government?
• Rta. He governed from 1502 to 1520
• 3. What did do Moctezuma?
• Rta. He tried to create an army
• 4. How did died Moctezuma?
• Rta. He died hitted for a lot of
stones
Comparatives of the Aztecs with the Muiscas
• The Aztecs were a civilization
that live before the Spanish
arrive. They lived in the
territory of Mexico. The
Muiscas lived in the highlands
of department Cundinamarca y
Boyacá of Colombia.

• The principal difference

between the two cultures are:
 ● The Aztecs and the people
Teotihuacans one thousand years
before, spoke a language called
Nahuatl. The language the Muiscas
was extinct is the Chibchense
language family.
The Muiscas were an
important culture of
Suramerica, but the
Aztecs were the
biggest and rich
culture of America.
The Muiscas did not build
important architecture
and it was quite modest
and made of materials
such as wood and clay,
while the civilizations
Aztecs built pyramids in
Cholula, Xochicalco and
Teotihuacán with
materials carved in stone.
The Muiscas did work agriculture and gold, cloth and ceramics.
The Aztecs were skilled sculptors and made sculptures of all
sizes in which they reflected religious or nature themes
 The Muiscas can’t speak Nahuatl,
but they can speak Chibcha
● The Aztecs were the worst
warrier than the Muiscas
The Muiscas don’t know how to
make pyramids.
The Aztecs didn’t know how
to dance because they didn't
have to listen to music

The Muiscas built sacred

temples like the Sun in
Sugamuxi and the Temple of
the Moon in Chia.

Aztec children could speak

Nahuatl from a very young
age
Thanks