Latin American Culture essays

Latin American Culture essays After all of my research on the Aztecs, Mayas, and the Incas I have found that they were all very similar but also very different. The Aztecs settled down in the Lake of Texcoco. That started the development of Tenochtitlan which we now know as Mexico City. The Aztecs were a warring and nomadic tribe of hunters and recolators. In their religion they believed in war. It allowed them to take prisoners and hold them for sacrifice. They believed that by giving blood to the Gods at the Serpents @ Templo Mayor not only would they be paying the Gods but be gaining power. Their Social and cultural life was the sense of a pyramid. At the top you had Noble Gentlemen and Priest. The middle was made up of warriors and merchants. At the base of the social pyramid were farmers, slaves, and people awaiting penalty. Their architecture involved religious beliefs. They used stone and adobe to make their Temples, Palaces, and houses thick walls. They used brilliant colors to adorn their Temples and Palaces. The Mayan culture was located in current Guatemala. They were divided into two Empires, the Old Empire and the New Empire. All the Mayan cultures shared the same religion and culture beliefs. Each city was Governed by itself and had its own ruler. The Mayas were known for their arithmetic and astronomy. They also had their own hieroglyphic writing which all came in handy while building a Giant Observatory dome with windows. Corn was their main economy but they also cultivated thing such as pumpkin, yucca, chili, cotton, tobacco and some fruits. At the same time they were animal tamers, like dogs, ducks, doves and bees that provided them with wax and honey. The Mayan architecture was decorate with bug stone ashlars and were big in the pyramid style. In the beginning they were made of stucco. Their sculptures have an ornamental character symbolic feature. They had an angular style about them. The Inca Empire was the most extraordinary,...