Tenochtitlan historia pdf file

The death of aztec tenochtitlan, the life of mexico city. Tenochtitlan was a nahua altepetl citystate located on an island in lake texcoco, in the valley of mexico. Information from its description page there is shown below. Tenochtitlan simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tenochtitlan was the center of the aztec government and religion. But tenochtitlan, the ancient aztec city is different.

Cin7 is a web based inventory system that helps businesses manage their inventory anywhere, in real time. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. The first europeans who came to this city probably couldnt believe what they saw with their eyes when they first saw this place. It is recommended to name the svg file tenochtitlan. Tlaloc and temple of ehecatl, huexotla 54 view of the city of tenochtitlan. Rock monuments, stone buildings and causeways littered the. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.

Although the city was destroyed and over the following centuries extensively built over, the chroniclers of the 16th century ce, fortunately, recorded in great detail the buildings and works of art that had once made tenochtitlan one of the greatest cities in mesoamerica and, with over 200,000 residents, certainly the most populous. Huastec shell objects in the templo mayor offerings of. Suitable for omnichannel retailers and wholesalers, cin7 integrates cloud inventory, point of sale, warehouse management, b2b ecommerce, 3pl, and direct edi, in one robust platform. Kautt when one reflects on the early days of mesoamerica, that period before spanish conquest, there is one city that really stands out. Today, the ruins of tenochtitlan are in the historic center of the mexican capital.

The sacred precinct of tenochtitlan was the center par excellence of divine atonement and one. Tenochtitlan stock photos download 331 royalty free photos. Mexico city was built upon some of the ruins of tenochtitlan. Famed for riches of gold and turquoise, feared due to human sacrifice, and still remembered. It subsequently became a cabecera of the viceroyalty of new spain, and today the ruins of tenochtitlan are located in. Founded in 25, it became the seat of a growing empire in the 15th century, until being defeated in 1521. In the case of mexicotenochtitlan, tula and teotihuacans mythical and political legitimacy were inherited. The great tenochtitlan, the capital of the aztecan empire, which lays now. Pyramid of moon in tenochtitlan in a sunny day and a truck ruins of abandoned tula town, mexico.

O arquivo pdf selecionado deve ser carregado no navegador caso tenha. Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the aztec empire from the middle of the 0s to the early 1500s. Human sacrifice at tenochtitlan comparative studies in. The aztecs built tenochtitlan around 25, right on a lake called lake texcoco as the empire grew, so did tenochtitlan. State ritual and religion in the sacred precinct of tenochtitlan. Crime and punishment in prehispanic nahua citystates tenochtitlan and texcoco.

Especializacion en historia prehispanica, unam, mexico. William sanders dans the basin of mexico, ecological processes in the evolution of civilization, academic press. Handbook to life in the aztec world by manuel aguilarmoreno. An imprint of infobase publishing 2 west 31st street new york ny 1 library of congress cataloginginpublication data aguilarmoreno, manuel. History aztec, maya, and inca for kids tenochtitlan was the capital city and center of the aztec empire. Tenochtitlan is remembered with awe and many people are still curious about it until today. The city extended from north to south, from the north border of tlatelolco to the swamps, which by that time were gradually disappearing to the west. Pdf on jan 1, 2014, leonardo lopez lujan and others published entering the. Chicomoztoc, historia toltecachichimeca and map of cuauhtinchan no. The capital of the aztec empire, tenochtitlan, was, in its era, one of the largest cities in the world. One of the oral versions of the myth, transcribed in sahaguns historia general codex florentino, book. People bought and sold many things there, including slaves prisoners of war from states the aztecs had taken over.

The ascension of mount coatepetl by coyolxauhqui and the. Aztec culture before and after the conquest alexandra mckenna dr. Built on an island on lake texcoco, it had a system of canals and causeways that supplied the hundreds of thousands of. Crime and punishment in prehispanic nahua citystates. Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the aztec empire. The great temple of tenochtitlan contains the history of huitzilopochtli in.

Reconstruction drawing of the great temple of tenochtitlan, showing the location of the earth goddess. This made tenochtitlan the largest city in the americas before christopher columbus arrived. Aztec architecture reflects the values and civilization of an empire, and. Tenochtitlan also known as mexicatenochtitlan was a large mexica altepetl in what is now the.

Download 331 tenochtitlan stock photos for free or amazingly low rates. It was founded in 25 and served as the capital until the aztecs were conquered by spanish conquistador hernan cortes in 1520. Built on an island in the middle of a shallow lake, its population numbered perhaps 150,000, with another 350,000 people in the urban network clustered around the lake shores. Jun 15, 2017 tenochtitlan was an aztec city that flourished between a. Even then, the basin of mexico was densely occupied, and the island city afforded the mexica a commanding lead over trade in the basin. This city map image was uploaded in the jpeg format even though it consists of nonphotographic data. Human sacrifice at tenochtitlan volume 26 issue 3 john m. When the spanish arrived in 1519, they guessed that 60,000 people came to the market in tenochtitlan every day. By the early 1500s, at least 200,000 people lived in the city.