Aztecs

By Jessica Thompson

When/Were

• Mexico• Tenochtitlan (one of the largest cities in the

world)• 1200 AD

Social LadderGreat Speaker (aka emperor)

NoblesRoyal 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