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__Azte____cs__  **//__LOCATION:__//**   **//__Mexico (Valley of Mexico; they built the city of Tenochtitlan, which is where present-day Mexico City lies)__//** **//__TIME PERIOD:__//**  **//__late 1200's to the early 1500's__//** **//__GOVERNMENT AND EVERYDAY LIFE:__//**  **//__1. single ruler (emperor);__//**  **//__2. nobles (officials, judges, and governors of provinces),__//**  **//__they wore luxurious feathered cloaks and gold jewelry;__//**   **//__3. warriors (can increase social status by killing or capturing enemy soldiers);__//**  **//__4. majority of the people were commoners (farmers);__//**  **//__5. bottom of the socia____l ladder were slaves (criminals and prisoners of war), they could own land and buy freedom;__//**  **//__6. long-distance traders (traded and served as spies to find new areas for trade and conquest), they traded weapons, tools, and rope for jaguar skins and cocoa beans__//** **//__RELIGION:__//**  **//__1. polytheistic;__//**  **//__2. priests (single class) pleased Aztec gods with rituals, that may prevent natural disasters;__//**  **//__3. chief Aztec god, Huitzilopochtli, whose temple is in the__ __center of Tenochtitlan;__//**  **//__4. he performed human sacrifices of captures enemy soldiers,__//**  **//__5. sometimes w____ent to war just to capture soldiers to please the Aztecs gods__//** **//__EDUCATION:__//**  **//__1. priests held the knowledge of the Aztecs by recording laws and historical events;__//**  **//__2. sons of nobles were educated in schools ran by the priests;__//**  **//__3. some foretell the future with the knowledge of astronomy and mathematics;__//**  **//__4. they also had an accurate calendar;__//**  **//__5. they believed that illness was a punishment from the gods;__//**  **//__6. priests used herbs and medicines to cure fevers and wounds;__//**  **//__7. physicians set broken bones and treated dental cavities, and prescribed steam baths as cures__//** **__//QUESTIONS://__****__//1. Where were the Aztecs located? Mexico//__** **__//2. Were they polytheistic? Yes//__** **__//3. What did they do enemy soldiers as punishment? They sacrificed them to the gods.//__** **__//4. Who were educated in schools? the sons of nobles//__** **__//5. What did they believe aout illnesses? they believed they were punishment from the gods//__** __CITATIONS:__ __1. Pearson Prentice Hall: World History Textbook Connections To Today: Volume 1__ __2. []__