Compare And Contrast The Aztec Empires

The Aztec empire was made up of city-states and the center of each of them was a large city that ruled the area but the Aztec empire did not mess with the ruling of the city.The Aztec government was almost like the Monarchy because an emperor was the main ruler.When the emperor would die a group of high ranking nobles would choose another one and it would be someone that is related to the last emperor.Some of the Emperors were Acamapichtli,itzcoatl,Montezuma l and Montezuma ll.The Aztec laws was against stealing, murder,drunkenness and property damage and a judge would determined what was the punishment for whoever that did that.The center of the Aztec government was the capital city of Tenochtitlan and it had a population of 200,000 people

Chicomecoatl was the Aztec goddess of agriculture,nourishment and corn her name meant seven snakes.

The maya believed in many of nature gods and some was more powerful than others. Some of them was Itzamna and he was the most important to Maya.He is the one to created the earth.Kukulkan he was powerful snake god.Bolon Tzacab he was known the name Huracan almost like the word for hurricane.Chaac and he was the god of rain and lighting.The maya believed in a scary afterlife where most people have to travel a dak underworld.The priests were responsible for performing these rituals to keep the people in the favor of the

Some of them was Inti and he was the most important to the Inca.Mama Quilla and she was the goddess of the moon.Pachamama and when was goddess of earth and she was responsible for farming and harvest.Viracocha and this was the first god who created the Earth.Supay was the god of death.The Inca believed in afterlife they took good care of the dead bodies.They actually brought gifts to dead bodies so they could use them in the afterlife.They also believed heaven was divided into four quarters if people was good then they went to the part of heaven when the sun is out and if they lived a bad life then they went to the dark side of heaven.

The mayans focus on two thing when they grow they make sure they have stable supply of food and that they have enough to trade. The mayan traded maize,beans,squash and chili but that wasn’t they also traded obsidian,jade,cacao and rubber and to them that was considered luxury goods.When people traveled long distances they would use trails that covered Mexico.They didn’t have animals like horses or oxen they didn't even have something with wheels on them so when they traveled they had to travel on feet.They sometimes used canoes to trade was canoes and they held up to 20