Check out the Most MYSTERIOUS Facts About The Aztecs! From unbelievable facts about aztec warriors and their rituals to the incredible culture of this ancient civilization, this top 10 facts about aztecs will amaze you!
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10. The Lost City of Aztlan
The Aztec people are famous for their capital city of Tenochtitlan, but they were not originally from there. According to their legends and stories, their ancestors came from the lost city of Aztlan which was a luxurious and wonderful place where everyone was immortal and happy. They consisted of seven tribes and each lived in their own cave and tended to their floating gardens.
9. The Mexica
The term “Aztec” came into popular use by Spaniards after the initial discovery of the civilization. While some of these indigenous people did call themselves “Azteca,” inspired by the name of their ancestral home of Aztlan, they were mostly known as the Mexica. Around 1250, the Mexica arrived in the Valley of Mexico. It was a very long and difficult migration.
8. One of the World’s Biggest Cities
Once they found Tenochtitlan, the certainly made the most of it. It was officially founded around 1325 and became the Aztec capital by the late 15th century. At its peak around 1519, the population was several times the size of London, with around 400,000 residents, making it one of the world’s largest cities at the time, as well as the largest residential concentration in Mesoamerican history.
7. Education
When it came to schooling, the Aztecs, or Mexica, were far ahead of their time. Although the civilization placed great emphasis on the importance of parents teaching their children, they were one of the first societies to introduce compulsory education for children, regardless of class. This meant that nobles, commoners, and even slaves went to school.
6. Chocolate
To the Aztecs, chocolate was considered a gift from Quetzalcoatl, the god of wisdom. Chocolate originated in Mesoamerica and was so valuable, cacao seeds were used as a form of currency for small purchases. (Cotton cloth was exchanged for larger purchases.)
5. Polygamy
Aztec men were permitted to practice polygamy, but in doing so, they were bound by strict rules. A man only had a marriage ceremony with his first wife, who was considered the “main” wife. All other wives were recognized in the official records, but were considered secondary, or less important, than the first wife.
4. Disease and Their Downfall
As you probably already know, Europeans brought swords, horses, warfare, and genocide to the New World. Times back then were tough, but the Europeans had something on their side that they didn’t even realize. Germs! While Hernan Cortes was often admired for his military prowess at the time, and alliances with other Native Americans who also wanted to destroy the Aztecs, one of the lesser-known ways the Europeans eradicated the Aztecs was through disease.
3. They Sold Their Children
In Aztec society, it was common for impoverished people to sell their children into slavery, or for people to even sell themselves into slavery. These practices were often as a last resort after someone went bankrupt and saw no other way out.
2. Detailed Records
The Aztecs had an advanced writing and recordkeeping system. Their alphabet was a form of picture writing that was based on their language, Nahuatl. Writing was a specialized skill that required training and was done mostly by scribes and priests, which could be men or women.
1. Sacrifice and Burial Customs
Life went hand in hand in Aztec society. Aztecs of high stature, including merchants, were typically cremated. Their belief was that cremation would transform the soul of a warrior in a way that would send them straight to one of their religion’s 13 versions of heaven.
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