Montezuma Ruler Of The Aztecs Essay Research

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Montezuma

Montezuma was the ruler of the Aztecs. Aztecs lived

in Mexico around

the 1400’s to 1500’s. They were an advanced civilization.

Their religion

seemed brutal to us but normal to them. Their clothes and

customs have

changed.

Aztecs lived where southern Mexico is today.

Tenochtitlan was their

capital until Spain came around. Due to their religion and

customs, Hernando

Cortez, leader of the Spanish Conquest, was believed to be a

white god. He

made Montezuma prisoner and captured Tenoctitlan and renamed

it Mexico City.

Sacrificing people to gods was a normal thing. They

would sacrifice

slaves and prisoners. That is why they waged war with

people. Usually they

cut the heart out of a living victim. They thought if you

ate someone’s flesh,

you obtained their courage. Every 52 years, they had a new

beginning. They

would light a fire on someone’s chest who is alive, then

people put their blood

on it so they could become part of it.

Very much do you hear of their culture today and

very few people can

speak their language. Their clothes and ways have changed.

Their culture

was advanced, large and successful for a period of time.