ANTHRO 41A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tlaxcaltec

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 41A
• Professor: Thomas Douglas

Document Summary

The tributary/feudal system or the great chain of being. The perspective that rulers were divinely appointed was quite common during the middle. Ages: europe: the divine right of kings , china & vietnam: the mandate of heaven , islamic states: the will of allah , se asia: kings are referred to as dewa rajas (god king) or buddha rajas (buddha king) Astrology was widely accepted as a form of scientific truth during the middle ages. The 3 realms of the cosmos: the divine/heaven, the celestial (sun, stars, moon, the terestrial/earthly. The macro-cosmos & micro-cosmos (human body) are connected: both reflect the divine plan, macro-cosmos influences micro-cosmos. Night of tears- cortes leaves after the deaths of most of his spaniard force. City of aztec has 1 million people (bigger than any city in western europe) but was defeated because: tlaxcalans joined cortez on his 2nd attempt to conquer tenochtitlan. 75% or more of aztecs are already dead when cortez"s army arrives.