The Sun and Moon pyramids of Tenochtitlan are still popular tourist attractions today. Aztecs had a complicated and involved system of religion that focused on three main gods and several minor gods.
Human sacrifice was often performed in the name of a god known as Huitzilopochtli. It was during these wars that warriors were trained for battle by practicing their skills hands-on.
Aztec designed and built the chinapas system of farming, which allowed them to grow crops in the swampy regions in which they lived. They spoke Nahuatl, a language very different from that of the Mayans and Incas. The Incas built their empire hundreds of miles away from the Aztecs, starting in A.
Their base of operations was focused in what is now Peru. And had built large temples to do the sacrifices in and had built special temples to worship thier god. The Incas and Aztecs had a polytheistic religion meaning they only beilved in one god.
The biggest similarity they share is that they both had control of massive empires that eventually ceased to exist. To start off with, the Mayans existed earlier in history than the Incas. The Mayans existed from BC to AD and no one is quite certain what wiped out their ancient civilization. The Maya were native people of Mexico and Central America, while Aztec covered most of northern Mesoamerica between c. The Maya used two calendars. The Aztecs led a more brutal, warlike lifestyle, with frequent human sacrifices, whereas the Maya favoured scientific endeavours such as mapping the stars.
The Inca were based much further south in the Andean region home to modern-day Peru and Chile and were accomplished builders. The Inca empire was founded in the 15th century AD. The Incas were around at the same time as the Aztecs, but we know they never spoke to each other. The Incas had already mastered bronze by the time the Spanish came, while the Aztecs were just then figuring out that it could be useful.
The Aztec empire likely engaged in combat with some Maya. The Maya also never had an empire or other single large political unit. While there is no evidence of any contact between the Inca and Aztec, it is not a wasted mental exercise.
In Conclusion, the Aztec Empire is more advanced than the Inca Empire because of their religion, maintenance in power and military. Aztec was ruled by an Emperor whose main purpose was to lead in the wars. The local rulers and conquered people had to pay tax to the Aztec. Inca was ruled by Sapa Inca, the emperor who had absolute power. Aztecs were polytheistic. They build huge temples and pyramids in dedication to their god Huitzilopochtli.
Inca was polytheistic. They worshiped their primary God, Inti, who they called the sun god. The Maya built huge arrays of structures and have left a considerable architectural heritage. Monumental sculptures were mainly favorite. They build statues like that of colossal Coatlicue or very alive and famous sculpture of a seated Xochipilli. Aztec art portrayed all varieties of a subject, but especially famous were animals, plants and gods, specifically those related to fertility and agriculture.
The Inca buildings were in uniformity with huge imperial structures. Other than that common factor, the groups all had different ways of life and unique languages, political agendas, religious views and ways to provide for their people.
They also both worshipped a pantheon of gods during religious ceremonies, some of which involved human sacrifice. Both groups also built similar pyramid structures for religious purposes. Aztecs were polytheistic. They build huge temples and pyramids in dedication to their god Huitzilopochtli.
Inca was polytheistic. They worshiped their primary God, Inti, who they called the sun god. The Aztecs led a more brutal, warlike lifestyle, with frequent human sacrifices, whereas the Maya favoured scientific endeavours such as mapping the stars. The Inca were based much further south in the Andean region home to modern-day Peru and Chile and were accomplished builders. Today the descendants of the Aztecs are referred to as the Nahua.
More than one-and-a-half million Nahua live in small communities dotted across large areas of rural Mexico, earning a living as farmers and sometimes selling craft work. The Nahua are just one of nearly 60 indigenous peoples still living in Mexico. In addition to slicing out the hearts of victims and spilling their blood on temple altars, the Aztecs likely also practiced a form of ritual cannibalism.
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