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Nano toka hello taya'ankechivo My name is…
Nahuatl
Coyote Chili Avocado Tomato
The Mendoza Codex Nano toka hello taya'ankechivo My name is - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Mendoza Codex Nano toka hello taya'ankechivo My name is - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Mendoza Codex Nano toka hello taya'ankechivo My name is Nahuatl Tomato Chili Coyote Avocado Until the 1500s, the Aztecs spoke Nahuatl Pictography drawing that looks similar to the real object Aztec writing is not
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- Until the 1500’s, the Aztecs spoke Nahuatl
- Pictography – drawing that looks similar to
the real object
- Aztec writing is not considered a true writing
system because it represents ideas, places and sounds, rather than words
- Deer‐skin and barks of trees to write the
pictographs
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- The Spanish conquistadores destroyed all
Aztec books. No Aztecs book has survived.
- All books and documents about Nahuatl
writing were composed after the Spanish Conquest and contained a mixture of Aztec glyphs and Spanish notes (words).
- These new books are called Codex (Códice)
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The Mendoza Codex
- In 1541, Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New
Spain (Mexico), asked to be written by Aztec scribes for Charles V, King of Spain.
- Three Parts
– 1. History of the Aztec rulers and their conquests – 2. List of tributes to be paid – 3. Every day Aztec life.
- French pirates took the Codex to France. Now it’s
at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
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"At the Place Near Rock‐cactus‐Fruit" Prickly‐pear Cactus fruit (nõchtli) Stone/rock (tetl)
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- How old are the children?
- What do they eat every day?
- Who is talking?
- What is the boy making?
- What is the girl doing?
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A Warrior’s Life
- To show that a city has been conquered, the
city's name is written next to a temple (pyramid) in smoke and flames with its top toppling over. Also, Aztec warriors are shown with captives.
Colhuacan Tenayucan
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What do you think this picture represents?
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AZTEC NUMBERS
- Record all the tributes their received from the
provinces (cities and towns) they conquered.
- They used the dot system for counting up to
19.
- But, as the Empire grew, so did the tributes.
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Aztec Numbers
The Aztecs used glyphs or pictures to show different numbers:
- From 1 to 19 they used the dot system
- For the number 20, they used a Flag
- For the number 400 they used a Feather
- For the number 8000 they used a bag of incense
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100 loads of cacao beans 80 pelts of birds of this color 400 bundles of red feathers
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PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE EMPIRE
How many jaguar skins? How many bags of cacao beans? How many bundles of light blue feathers?
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Saying Goodbye
Ma moyolicatzin Goodbye! Zan nikan See you later!
City of Cuauhnahuac (now Cuernavaca)
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Let’s Play a Game!
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