The Power of Ancient Civilizations: the Aztec Empire

The Aztecs were a native tribe to what we know as Mexico. They arrived around the early 1300s to the early 1500s. The Aztecs had many complicated laws and beliefs that would be seen as unusual in today’s times. These native tribes also had armies and defence systems.

A significant part of the work of the Aztecs is the religion that landed by the Europeans called Christianity. The Europeans had various reasons why they needed to assume control over the Native American clans. One explanation was that the Europeans were anxious to overcome these clans was a direct result of South America's fortunes. There second reason was strict energy. Numerous Spaniards professed to have gone to the Americas to spread the gospel and convert the Native Americans. It is easy to refute whether religion or insatiability assumed the most significant job. For instance, in Mexico, the conquistador Hernan Cortes was invited by the Aztec head, presumably in light of the fact that the Aztecs accepted that it was their god Quetzalcoatl coming back from the eastern ocean, as he had guaranteed. The sovereign sent Cortés presents of gold and silver. Consequently, Cortés made partnerships with the Aztecs' adversaries, devastated Aztec sanctuaries and urban areas, and raised crosses, an image of Christianity, on the remains. Moreover, when the Aztecs saw the crosses they turned out to be significantly progressively persuaded this was the arrival of their god, since he was the divine force of intersection. At the point when the Aztecs understood their error, it was past the point of no return. The Spaniards vanquished them in fight, lastly had their territory, however their gold and silver also.

Aztec forces were elaborate and complicated so that they dominated all aspects of the lives of these citizens. The Aztec had laws associated with the class structure, family, social activity, education, home life, divorce and common behaviour. These forces changed slightly from one city of the Aztec Empire to another, since each municipality likewise took social distinctions of its own. Training was considered the critically important part of the Aztec society. When a child reached the age of 10 he or she would attend school if they were part of the empire. Before the age of ten children were taught by the family. This Aztec monarchy was given up of city states. In the centre of each city state was the huge city that ruled this country. Mostly, the Aztec monarch did not intervene with the judgment of these city states. What he took was that each city-state gave him the tribute. As long as this tribute was given, this city-state remained fairly independent of Aztec law. Aztec forces were elaborate and complicated so that they dominated all aspects of the lives of these citizens. The Aztec had laws associated with the class structure, family, social activity, education, home life, divorce and common behaviour. The rules Aztecs followed were based of their religious beliefs.

Aztec males were trained in college under the guidance of professional soldiers in standard military drills. The Aztec military, like this nation, was also divided into different groups, representing their social position. This then explains the main features of the Aztec gender structure. Gender organization was encouraged by Aztec rules to recognize those young men who formed the centre of the Aztec army. Masculine power and dominance were determined by their other, female weakness and content. Soon before Spanish conquest, gender hierarchy had started to shape the more democratic rule of gender complementarity. Gender hierarchy was a particular strategy meant to produce a highly driven force that enabled the ruler to influence both his male and female subjects by power of weapons.

The Aztecs lives were changed by the Spanish conquest from their gender equality to religious beliefs. The Aztecs had many different life styles to the Spanish that were all changed because of the Spanish’s greed and selfishness.