Demise Of The Aztec Empire

The Aztec empire was one of the most advanced civilizations in the ancient South American World. They had advanced building, culture, art, and agriculture ideas as well as a fruitful land. However, the Spanish Empire traveled to South America in 1519 CE looking for goods including gold and tradables. Bringing unforetold dangers including pandemics and war. The Aztec empire thrived off of their strong government, school system, and culture, which helped them in many ways making them stronger. The Aztec empire did not cause its demise. They had an advanced culture and an advanced government that helped them thrive. But in reality, the Spaniards were the ones who brought deadly diseases and war to their land.

The Aztec empire had advanced building,

The Aztec empire’s people considered things like language and poetry to be forms of art, similar to our society today. Some things that the Aztecs collected or grew were things like corn, beans, salt, honey, chili peppers, tomatoes, various fruits, edible roots, nuts, fish, frogs, and insect eggs, among other things. These crops, in addition to being able to supply themselves with food, also helped them have diverse economic growth when they did things like trading with other citizens and societies. The Aztecs also hunted for food like turkeys, quails, parrots, eagles, falcons, sparrow hawks, kestrels, and rabbits. (Brown 150). Another thing the Aztecs did that is extremely advanced for their time frame is that they changed their surroundings to meet their needs, one example is the Hill of Tetzcotzingo, a 180 ft tall mountain in which they terraced two adjoining mountains. Later they covered them in gardens, pools, canals, and paths that lead up to the ritual area atop the mountain where they would celebrate their beliefs. (Brown

The Aztecs lived in current-day Latin America, they had access to a lot of water which made it easy for them to perform water-based activities like fishing. The Aztec empire lived in a tropical climate which made it easier to grow food all year round instead of cold winter months that lead to starvation. The surrounding land leads to an easier separation between different communities as there are many rivers and mountains. The Aztecs used the surrounding land to the best of their ability whether that meant building on mountains, valleys, or around water they would do that. The Aztecs lived on fruitful land which provided them with easy access to growing crops. An example of this was on page 132 in the book of Aztecs: Reign of Blood & Splendor, Lost