Sunday, March 27, 2011

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Fall of the Aztec Empire

 The Aztec Empire fell because of multiple reasons. One of those main reasons was because the area around Tenochtitlan could easily be surrounded. Thats what caused the fall of the Aztec Empire. Hernan Cortes and 600 soliders went to the city to take it over. The Aztecs people first thought Hernan was a God and happily invited him into their city. When the Spanish found out after a while that The Aztecs would soon attack them, the Spanish fought back first with outstanding force. In all, the Spanish killed about 6000 Aztecs including Moctezuma.                


       In my opinion, i believe that the city design of L.A. should be changed dramatically. One of those changes i think we should make is improving upon our roads and streets. In L.A., there is alot of traffic and that is one problem to be fixed.

Aztec Human Sacrifice

   The Aztecs sacrificed their slaves as an offering to their god, Huitzilopochtli. The Aztecs would began to sacrifice their victims by cutting them open at the heart. Then they would use their hands to dig into the body and literally pull out their hearts. They would give it up as an offering to Huitzilopochtli. The Aztec people believed he survived off of human blood. They felt the only way to truly honor that was to sacrifice their slaves.

         In my opinion, i believe we should not kill our prisoners but put them to work in jail. I think we should monitor their work habits and it is a good idea because prisoners can pay off their debt little by little.