My First History Presentation-Aztecs

 Hello, my name is Julie Kim, and I researched about the Aztecs. So today, I wll explain about what the Aztecs are and their lives. I choose this topic because I only have little knowledge about the Aztecs and I wanted to know about honw they live. Also, I was curious about they're lives would be similar to us.
 Now, I will start my presentation.

Aztecs are centeral American Indians and they lived in an area we call Mexico today. They moved to next-door neighbors to the Maya. The Aztecs were one of the last tribes to arrive in Mexico. Before they arrived, there was Maya, Olmec, Toltec, and Colhuacan, but they disappeared except Maya, and Colhuacan. When the Aztecs first arrived, they worked as slaves for the people of colhuacan. However, they succeeded to build their new capital, Tenochtitlan which is Mexico City now. Also, they decided to elec a king to lead them. Finally, Aztec became a powerful tribe.
 This is the Pyramid of Aztec.

 Next, I will talk about Aztecs' lives. The Aztecs were fighters and by 1500, they had conquered most of Mexico. But they wanted to defeat warriors for their sacrifices.

This is the picture of the Aztecs.

 However, there was a problem and that was "How could they defeat warriors when they'd conquered Mexico and there was no one left to beat". And the solution was to send in spies. So spies help Aztecs to defeat the enemies. The Aztec warriors captured the rebels alive and sacrificed them later.

 The Aztecs believed that the gods to bring you rain or a good harvest, so they had given them gifts. They were for the gods, so it had to be pricious. The most precious gift was a life. And the most precious life was the life of child.

 Also, they thought to be good parents, they should be strict. Boys were trained to be warriors and when they were baptized at a few days old they were given thier warrior equipments. Also, as boys grew older, they were told, the house is not your true home-that is out there on the battlefield.

 On the other hand, girls were given a skirt, a blouse and weaving equipments. And the first words a baby heard when it was born is about sadness. Also, a child would be named after the day on which it was born.. The Aztecs were cruel to children and they even sell the kids if they were very poor. Also, if a child died, then it wouldn't get a coffin. It would be buried in a jar.

 The Aztecs married  by boys choose their bride. It has to be someone of his own position in society. Then ask the girl's family if they can marry her. After asking, send his messenger to ask his teacher if he can marry. However, if the teacher says "No!", then you won't be allowed. After that, choose the wedding day, and it needs to be a 'good' day on the Aztec calender. On the wedding day, the girl's family organizes a feast at her house. After dinner, the bride is carried on the back of an old woman to the boy's house. And before wedding, everyone gives them wedding presents. Also, the Aztecs believed that the couple are married when the boy's cloak is tied to the girl's blouse. And there was a law that over the age of 30 can drink alcohol. Finally, the boys can hae many wives.

 After I read this book, I thought about differences between Actec's culture and Korea's culture. The first differences that I found was about children's education. In Korea, children's parents treat them valuable, however, the Aztecs were opposite. They were cruel to children and thought to be good parents, they should be strict. Also, marriage is little bit different, too. In Actecs, boy choose their bride. But in cho-sun, Korea, boy or girl's parents choose their son's or daughter's bride or groom.
 However, there are similarities, too. The Actecs gave presents to gods and Koreans gave presents to god, too. Also, in Aztec and cho-sun, girl's family prepared a feast on the wedding day.

 Whild I read this story, I was very exciting because there are a lot of facts that I didn't know.
 This is the map of Aztec and Maya.



Thank you for reading my presentation.