World History Aztecs and Incas

3rd period history by;Jaquella

Aztecs Daily Life• Homes of the nobles and

wealthy were made of sun-dried brick.if you were wealthy some could be made of stone the homes were white washed to make them look nice and shiny

• For the poor homes of the farmers and other commoner were huts with thatched roofs.they had blankets and pottery to hold food.

Aztecs Cortes• In 1519 the

conquistador,Hernan Cortes, sailed from Europe to land and what is now Mexico.after a difficulty journey inland,Cortes and his men entered the Aztec capital city and met Moctezuma which is the Aztec leader.

Aztecs Moctezuma• Montezuma who had

many wives and had 19 children, built a colossal residence with volcanic stone hewn from the nearby mountain slopes.

• But he made sure that visitors to his grandiose residence felt terrified weather than welcomed.

Tenochtitlan

• The city of tenochtitlan continued to grow, having an estimated population of 200.000. The city grew to a point where there was no more room for expansion was successful because of the invention of the chinampas or floating gardens.

Incas daily life• Incas daily life was

hard and difficult, but at the same time it was a relief to belong to the Inca empire

Incas pizarro• In Francisco pizarro was

the man mostly responsible for the conquest of the Incas though he was partner with to others they were Diego dealmangro and the priest hernando de luque.their primary objective was of course, the riches,Christianization being second on their list

Incas Atahualpa

Before the capture of the Incas emperor,atahualpa there had been

little contact between the new and old worlds of Europe and the

Andean region.• However once the contact

was made there were no stopping the destruction that quickly followed.

• In the foot steps of Cortes Francisco, pizarro and the men who followed him manage to bring about the overthrow of the entire civilization in just 7 short years.

Incas Peru