Welcome to the World of the Aztecs

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Welcome to the World of the Aztecs!
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Aztec Tamales

• The Aztecs loved to eat tamales which they
  usually filled with beans, fruit, peppers or
  fish.
• But. . .

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Aztec Tamales con.

• Sometimes they filled them with insect eggs,
  boiled grasshoppers, snails or red worms. All of
  which were considered delicacies!

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What are Codices?
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Aztec Codices
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Aztec Number/Counting System
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Valuable Items to the Aztec

• The Aztec prized not only gold, but also jade and
  rare feathers.

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Aztec Calendar
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Aztec Temple
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Aztec Sacrifices

• The Aztecs sacrificed an estimated 20,000 people
  per year to their gods.
• Most of their sacrifices were prisoners of war.
  The Aztecs believed that war needed for their
  empire to survive!

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Aztec Gods and Goddess
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Aztec Art
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Aztec Children

• Aztec Children were sometimes punished by
  dangling them over a fire or pricking their hands
  with thorns!