He Aztecs leave their homeland of Aztlan in northern Mexico and begin their journey south. Over the next 225 years the Aztecs will move many times until they finally settle down at the city of Tenochtitlán.
What is 1100
200
Corn
What is maize?
200
Played their music for the gods
What did they do for there gods?
200
Rain and water
Tlaloc was the god of
200
19 years starting in 1375
Acamapichtli ruled for
200
The Aztecs arrive in the Valley of Mexico
What is 1200
300
Dogs, turkeys (for eggs too!) and duck and they hunted wild game - from deer, rabbits, hares, armadillos and wild boars to opossums, gophers, iguanas and tapirs
What animal meat did they have?
300
Many of their poems were about the gods and mythology
What was there poems about?
300
Life and wind
Quetzalcoatl was the god of
300
The fourth emperor of the Aztecs
what is Itzcoatl?
300
They settle in Chapultepec, but are forced to leave by the Culhuacan tribe.
What is 1250
400
Ideally fresh and warm off the clay griddle, but if not, stored and eaten later
What is tortilla?
400
Jewelry and feather-work, were worn by the Aztec nobility to set them apart from the commoners.
Forms of art
400
Agriculture
Chicomecoatl was the Aztec goddess of
400
Tepanecs
Itzcoatl conquered the?
400
The city of Tenochtitlán is founded. It will become the capital of the Aztec Empire. The location is picked by the priests because it is where they see the foretold sign of an eagle holding a snake while standing on a cactus.
What is 1325
500
STAPLE FOOD
What is Maize?
500
Usic, poetry, and sculpture to honor and praise their gods
What forms of art did they do?
500
Tezcatlipoca
Was the first god to make the sun
500
Under Montezuma I the Aztecs became the dominant power of the Triple Alliance and the empire was expanded.
What is Montezuma I?
500
The Aztecs begin to build causeways and canals around Tenochtitlán.