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Aztec Achievements
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Main Idea 3:
 The Aztecs had many achievements in
art, science, and language.
Aztec Achievements
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The Aztecs valued learning and sent their
kids to school.
Aztecs valued
learning. Many Aztec
teenagers attended
school. There were
different types of
school options.
Teenagers from noble
families learned about
their future
responsibilities. Some
Aztecs went to
schools where they
learned how to
become a warrior.
Aztec Art
an Aztec headdress
Aztec sculptures
Aztec Art
Aztec Art
Aztec Art
Aztec art also included architecture.
Carpenters and stonecutters built huge
pyramid-shaped stone temples. Hundreds
of such temples stood in Tenochtitlan.
Aztec Achievements
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The Aztecs were famous for studying
astronomy and created a calendar much
like the Mayan calendar.
Aztec Achievements
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The Aztecs also knew many different
uses for plants. They knew of 100 different
plants that could be used for medicine.
Aztec Achievements
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The Aztecs had
a complex
writing
system using
hieroglyphs.
They kept
extensive
written records.
These hieroglyphs helped the
nobility track who had paid
their tribute
Aztec Achievements
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Song and poetry were highly regarded
by Aztecs too.
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Aztecs believed that poetry was the only
occupation worthy of an Aztec warrior in
times of peace.
“You are the quechol bird, color of fire,
Which flies across the plain
In the kingdom of death. “
Click on the sound
icon to hear an Aztec
original song
Aztec Achievements
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The Aztecs also had a very strong oral
tradition.
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They considered fine
speeches very important
and also enjoyed riddles.
Aztec Achievements
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Stories about ancestors and gods
were also a part of the oral tradition. The
Aztecs told these stories to their children
and passed them down from generation to
generation.
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After the Spanish conquered the Aztecs,
many of these stories were written down.
The story of the eagle on the catcus is one
of the stories that was passed down for
hundreds of years by oral tradition