Où vivaient les Aztèques ?

Où vivaient les Aztèques ?

Si l'on croit leurs codex, leurs livres sacrés, les Aztèques sont originaires d'Aztlan, une île située au milieu d'un lac vraisemblablement mythique. Au cours de leur migration, ils furent appelés Mexitin, puis Mexicas, c'est-à-dire "habitants de Mexico".

Où se trouvaient les Mayas ?

La patrie maya, qu'on appelle Méso-Amérique, s'étend sur cinq pays : le Mexique, le Guatemala, le Belize, le Honduras et le Salvador.

Quelle est la particularité de la religion des Aztèques ?

La religion des Aztèques apparaît comme une récapitulation des systèmes religieux qui l'ont précédée en Méso-Amérique. Nombre de ses dieux étaient déjà adorés bien avant leur arrivée. Quant aux sacrifices humains, ils sont communs à toutes les cultures amérindiennes.

What is the origin of the Aztecs?

• Vocabulary The legendary origin of the Aztec people has them migrating from a homeland called Aztlan to what would become modern-day Mexico. While it is not clear where Aztlan was, a number of scholars believe that the Mexica—as the Aztec referred to themselves—migrated south to central Mexico in the 13th century.

Why is Aztec culture not exclusive to the Aztecs?

• Most ethnic groups of central Mexico in the post-classic period shared basic cultural traits of Mesoamerica, and so many of the traits that characterize Aztec culture cannot be said to be exclusive to the Aztecs.

What are the different ethnic groups associated with the Aztecs?

• The term extends to further ethnic groups associated with the Aztec empire, such as the Acolhua, the Tepanec and others that were incorporated into the empire. Charles Gibson enumerates a number of groups in central Mexico that he includes in his study The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule (1964).

What language did the Aztecs speak in Mexico?

• The Aztec language, Nahuatl, was the dominant language in central Mexico by the mid-1350s. Numerous Nahuatl words borrowed by the Spanish were later absorbed into English as well, including chile or chili, avocado, chocolate, coyote, peyote, guacamole, ocelot and mescal.