Kya Wright 1B World History DBQ. The Aztec empire ruled for two hundred years from 1350 to 1519 in what is now Mexico City. It had a large history and population that had a lot of interesting aspects to their culture. Three of the most important cultural areas we should learn about in World History are their region, their family structure, and their government. Even though the Aztecs have done a lot of things frowned upon today, they are still a good way to look into the ways of the past. One of the first interesting things about the Aztec culture is their regions and what higher powers they believe in. The Aztecs worshiped “128 major deities” (Background essay). the god they worshiped the most was Huitzilopochtli, the sun god “who struggled to keep the night at bay and to …show more content…
The Aztecs oftentimes gave human sacrifices to their gods as offerings. This happened so often they started what was called “flower wars” to get more sacrifices. Even though one would think that a prisoner for human sacrifices would be treated poorly, the Aztecs treated there soon to be sacrifices well as shown from a Seventeen-year-old Actec Scribe’s Impression of Sacrifice Ritual “This seasoned warrior, whom we change from a human into the god Tezcatlipoca.he is treated like our most royal family member during the long year leading up to his sacrifice.he walks among us as a living god”(Document H) An example of one of their sacrifice rituals is when performing the sacrifice for then they cut off the arms, thighs and head, then they eat the arms and thighs in a ceremonial banquet, they give the rest of the body to the beasts of prey.” Paraphrased from Document G. These are just some examples of the Aztec religions. There are many interesting religious aspects to the Aztecs that should be taught in schools today. The second interesting cultural aspect of the Aztecs is their family structure.The Aztecs had a strict and close family structure with children being