Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Clothing
Upper class Aztecs wore expensive clothes made from cotten. They were brightly dyed and embroidered with feathers.
Lower class Aztecs wore simple clothes. It was often made of the fibers of maguey leaves,spun into thread and woven.
Merchants wore a mix of upper class clothing and lower class clothing.
Military men wore colored and designed clothing to show which group of warriors they belonged to.
Male slaves wore simple loin cloth. Some tied to their shoulder and waist.
Women wore long skirts tied at the waist and a sleeveless blouse.
Children wore clothes similar to their patents.
Priests had a special garment they always wore. It was a sleeveless waistcoat that stopped at the knee. They always had a small backpack that contained tobacco.
Rulers had the most expensive clothes of all. They wore long and heavy embroidered clothes tied at the front.
Aztec Marriages
All Aztec men got married at the age of 20.
All woman got married at the age of 14-15. Younger than men.
Upperclass Marriages were arranged usually by a professional matchmaker.
Lowerclass marriages usually had freedom of marriage but their parents made the decision and the girls could make a suggestion once a while.
The bride's family gave an honor of feast. The feast could last several days..
Once the bride had to go to her new house, the groom would carry her on his back home.
After they reached their new home they had to tie their coats to one another under the hearth or cooking area, and then they would be officially married.
Once a woman was married the woman could run a business at her house.
Both parents had to raise their kids and teach them behavior. If the parents did not teach their behavior to their children then they could be punished.
If woman wished they could be divorced but they would only get half the goods owned by herself or husband.
Monday, April 13, 2015
Aztec PowerPoint
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Here's a PowerPoint all about the Aztec's!
Aztec Afterlife
The Aztecs believed in the afterlife. After they died, they believed they would be assigned a job to help their gods to perform a certain task. The job assigned to them was not based of of how their life was set, but of how they died.
For example:
Warriors who died in war became butterflies and hummingbirds.
People who died of natural causes had unpleasant afterlife jobs. They would serve the Lord of the dead.
Woman who died in childbirth were supposed to help the Sun god.
People who died from lighting, drowning and some diseases were believed to have been chosen to serve the rain and storm God. These people lived their afterlife in flowers.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
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