Summary Of Continuity And Changes In Aztec Culture

Chapter 1 Continuity and Change in Aztec CultureIn this week’s reading the authorsargue about how the Aztec Empire was able to aggressively expand its political and economic dominion over much of central Mexicoand its sudden and dramatic fall. The Aztec Empire was established around the year 1430 and lasted through 1521. The most important elements of this culture were the agriculture, religion (polytheistic), floating islets, stabilized by stakes, lakes and muddy lands of the region (where they cultivated maize, vegetables and flowers), metallurgy, weaving, craftsmanship and a very developed architecture.After the discovery of America, in 1492, many navigators and adventurers hired and aided by the Spanish Crown

The ruins of Tenochtitlan were the base on which the Spaniards built a new colony.Indeed, with the defeat of the Aztecs, the last indigenous civilization of Mexico disappeared. Brilliant and fragile, it managed to dominate the country only almost a century.Under Spanish rule, existing city-states provided the rough basis for parish delineations, encomienda grants, and the establishment of municipal governing counsels in the Spanish manner.Aztec occupations underwent transformations as the Spanish introduced new methods and tools. Alot of the Aztecs had no problem adapting to the new rulers of the land and were able to pick up new skills and jobs in silverwork, pottery, masonry, woodworking, lacquer work and fine stonework.But they had fewer choices but adapting to the new rules and cultural norms. Chapter 2 Change in the Lives of Brazilian Indigenous People In this chapter the authors take the Canela tribes as an example ofthe changes the BrazilianIngenioushave been facingsince first contacts with modern