Aztec_History

Aztec History Since the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan had not many building materials like wood or stone, the Aztecs conquered other people and obtained prisoners to sacrifice as part of their religion. An Aztec soldier was not more popular if he killed many enemies in battle but if he captured prisoners. The Aztecs believed strongly in their religion and that was their goal in life. They prayed to more than 1’600 different gods, each having different roles for the world. The Aztecs believed that the gods were always watching over the earth and controlled the environment and life; like disease, crop growth the rain and the sun, they strongly believed in keeping the gods in their favour so they made sacrificial rituals. Idols of these many gods were worshipped at home in shrines as well as huge ceremonies being performed on huge stone pyramids. These ancient rituals included singing, dancing, drama and feasts as well as the offerings to the gods. The Aztecs thought that the gods had given their own blood to make life on earth, so the people believed gods, aztecs, believed, stone, life, aztec, above, vision, tenochtitlan, strongly, rituals, religion, pyramids, prisoners, picture, people, mexico, huge, heart, given, earth, different, city, building, blood, ancient, wwwpbsorg…venture1/pop-eaglesignhtm, wwwfixnet/~cruz/mexicohtml, worshipped, world, wood, while, wearing, watching, victim