Mitchell Bortz 9-22-11 History 101 Hollenback Document Analysis #1 Question #1 In the time of the Aztec civilization, great strides were taken to keep everything in what I would call, “working order.” The Aztecs were very religious people who did whatever was needed to be done to please their main gods Quetzaquatal and Tezcatlipoca. Human sacrifice was the main form of pleasing the Gods and keeping the cosmos from being destruction. In my opinion, some of the things that were done to the people being sacrificed were very extreme. Some examples would be the rituals they performed. They included decapitation, burning of the body, strangulation, arrow sacrifices, etc.
The Greatest Achievements of Medieval America’s Civilization Medieval America was made up by three major civilizations Aztecs, Incas, and the Mayans. They excelled in building an empire. Each civilization had a good economy and they thrived with agricultural techniques. The Aztecs were located in the Valley of Mexico. The Aztecs had city-states ruled by a head leader.
The rise of the Aztec empire saw the Aztecs dominate Mesoamerica in entirety, as far as starting from Guatemala, Salvador, the Honduras, to Mexico. What is strikingly interesting is that both the Persian and the Aztec empires share a lot of similarities, so that it is difficult to limit the analyses of these similarities to the religious front only. The Persian and the Aztec empires share a great deal of commonality in all respects of life, including religion. Because of this interesting aspect of commonality in the ancient Aztec and the Persian religions, it is possible that these religions are from a common stock, so that the concept of ancient global civilization may have been evident. First and foremost, it is important to note that before the advent of Zoroaster Zarathustra, both the Persian and the Aztec religions and mythologies believed in and entertained the idea of a pantheon of gods.
An Nguyen History 103 Theme paper 2 5/12/2009 Religion and Politics in Ancient Laws Throughout the ages of history, code laws were created to keep peace for civilizations. These codes were made with the purpose of attaching the so called “human laws” as close to “heaven laws” as possible no matter which civilization or which religion. Therefore, I want to show the attachment of the political and religious interpretation of the laws by examining the Hammurabi codes and Justinian codes and using the common phenomena method. According to Mesopotamia carvings, the king is commonly the biggest figure in any scene that includes him. So there is no denial to the fact that kings were indeed the figure of God.
They both had polytheistic traditions. Their beliefs in the gods were strong, which contributed to the growth and prosperity of their civilizations. Like the Mayans, the Aztecs practiced human sacrifice. They believed shedding blood brought rain and maintained agriculture and continued the existence of the world. These sacrifices connected societies with their gods, which upheld and strengthened their empires.
They also believed silver was the tears of the moon, and gold was believed to be the sweat of the sun. The Inca felt they had a very good relationship with the gods. Stone fortresses were erected on high mountain tops or sacred areas to prove the great dedication that the Inca felt to their gods. Priests and priestesses were thought to be able to do the bidding of the gods, so they were highly honored and often part of the royal family. Priestesses were expected to perform the hair combing
Viceroys were notorious for applying orders with discretion; using the maxim "I obey but do not comply." In addition, viceroys and audiencias were in conflict most of the time, with the latter not responsible to the viceroy but reporting directly to the crown. 3) Discuss some of the “independence movements” in Latin America. The class system was very important in Latin America. It determined a peoples place in society.
He solidified the triple alliance with Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan. Through warfare he expanded the territory as far south as possible. He was also a very religious man. He consulted his priests
The living heart was then removed and thrown back to the fire. Aztec human sacrifices and bloodletting were important aspects of the Aztec religion, as they believed it brought balance and peace to the world around them. The After Life Warriors were highly regarded in the Aztec culture. They were responsible for going out and finding and capturing the majority of the sacrifices used to appease their gods. As a result, a special god was included in the Aztec religion to honor the warriors.
They were successful in doing so. The reason for this was because the Aztecs had core military beliefs that helped them gain advantage over the people surrounding them. They also had a civilization that worshiped human sacrifice. One can imagine going against and army of people who are hard to attack due to where they live, but also a people who do not mind dying because they truly believe they are dying for a divine cause. This would make one intimidating army to go against.