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The Aztecs ruled a great empire in Central America during the 1300-1500s. Let’s find out what it was like to live there, with these top Aztec facts\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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1. The Aztec Empire began with one great city called Tenochtitlan.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It all started when the wandering Aztec people <\/strong>\u2013 or Mexica<\/strong> (say ‘meh-shee-ka’) as they called themselves\u00a0\u2013 settled in the Valley of Mexico<\/strong> in around 1320<\/strong>. First, they built a city called Tenochtitlan<\/strong> on a marshy island in Lake Texcoco<\/strong>. Then they started attacking nearby peoples<\/strong> and taking their land<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The Empire flourished for around 200 years.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It eventually covered more than 200,000km\u00b2 <\/strong>and included over three million people<\/strong>. At least 20 different languages<\/strong> were spoken there! During its lifetime, the Aztec Empire was ruled by nine kings <\/strong>\u2013\u00a0each one known as Tlahtoani<\/strong>, or ‘He who speaks.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Farming was vital to Aztec life.<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The Aztecs grew a feast of food, including beans<\/strong>, sweet potatoes<\/strong>, corn<\/strong>, chillies<\/strong>, peppers<\/strong>, avocados<\/strong>, peanuts<\/strong>, and even cacao beans<\/a><\/strong> for drinking chocolate<\/strong>! They dredged mud<\/strong> from the bottom of Lake Texcoco and used it to make floating ‘farms’<\/strong> called chinampas<\/em><\/strong> to grow veg in, while carefully constructed canals <\/strong>and aqueducts <\/strong>carried water <\/strong>to flower gardens <\/strong>and homes<\/strong> on land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Many Aztecs were powerful fighters!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Warriors wearing jaguar skins <\/strong>and eagle feathers <\/strong>were sent to expand the empire<\/strong> by taking the land of neighbouring peoples. Armed with two-sided swords called macuahuitls<\/strong>, spear-throwers called atlatls<\/strong>, and shields<\/strong>, they took many captives <\/strong>to sacrifice to their gods<\/strong>. The Aztecs believed their victims’ blood <\/strong>would please them. Gruesome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Aztecs worshipped lots of gods and goddesses.<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Aztecs made human sacrifices<\/strong> to Huitzilopochtli<\/strong>, the god of war <\/strong>and the Sun<\/strong>, to make sure he kept the sun shining. Coatlicue<\/strong> was the mother of gods <\/strong>and the goddess of life and death<\/strong>. She gave birth to the Moon<\/a><\/strong>, the stars <\/strong>and Huitzilopochtli. And Tlaloc <\/strong>(above) was the god of rain<\/strong>, water<\/strong>, thunder <\/strong>and lightning<\/strong>, easily recognised in sculptures by his fanged teeth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Their priests stank! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Aztec priests wore black cloaks<\/strong>, grew their nails long<\/strong> and had hair that was matted with blood<\/strong> \u2013 so they often reeked of rotten meat<\/strong>. Ew! During rituals<\/strong>, they often wore scary mosaic masks<\/strong>. Some were made from human skulls<\/strong>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7<\/strong>. The capital of modern Mexico<\/a> is built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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According to legend, the god Huitzilopochtli<\/strong> told Aztec priests that they should build their capital city, Tenochtitlan, where they saw an eagle perched on a cactus growing from a rock<\/strong>. Now, Mexico City <\/strong>is built in the same spot! The country’s flag <\/strong>still shows an eagle on a cactus <\/strong>to show its Aztec ancestry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Aztec people used TWO calendars!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One, the xiuhpohualli<\/strong>, was 365 days long<\/strong> and split into 18 months<\/strong>. Aztecs used it to work out the agricultural seasons <\/strong>and the ceremonies <\/strong>and sacrifices<\/strong> that went with them. Each month was 20 days long<\/strong>, so there were also five extra nemontemi<\/strong> or ’empty days’ at the end of each year, when everyone fasted <\/strong>and performed ceremonies to ward off bad luck<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A separate, sacred calendar <\/strong>called the tonalpohualli <\/strong>or ‘count of days’, was 260 days long<\/strong>. It was split into 20 13-day periods<\/strong>, each represented by a different god<\/strong> and a hieroglyphic picture<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Rich Aztecs wore all sorts of fancy accessories.<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Feathered headdresses<\/strong> called diadems<\/strong>, dazzling jewellery <\/strong>and layers of colourful cotton cloaks <\/strong>were all the rage! Gold was abundant<\/strong> in Tenochtitlan, so while it was often used for decoration<\/strong>, ornaments<\/strong> and jewellery<\/strong>, it wasn’t particularly precious to the Aztecs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But unfortunately, rumours about the ‘City of Gold<\/strong>‘ reached the Spanish<\/strong>, who did value the yellow metal. It wasn’t long before they decided to take the gold \u2013 and the empire \u2013 for themselves… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. The Aztec Empire came to a dramatic end.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1519<\/strong>, Spanish invaders led by Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s<\/strong> arrived in the Aztec Empire. Despite their bravery, the Aztec warriors were no match for the Spanish guns and horses<\/strong>. The Europeans also brought a disease <\/strong>called smallpox <\/strong>to the region, which killed millions of Aztecs. By 1521<\/strong>, Tenochtitlan was in ruins and the Aztec Empire was no more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s your favourite fact about the Aztecs? Let us know in the comments below!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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