ARTHIST 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Codex Mendoza, Coatlicue, Basalt
5 Aug 2014
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1492 spanish looking for a route to the far east (columbus) Spanish inquisition, christian church undertook a violent campaign to make sure that jews and muslims converted to christianity. Aztec empire: destroyed in the spanish conquest by hernan cortes. Incan empire destroyed in the conquest by francisco pizarro. Aztec empire (mesoamerica) codex depicted religious and spiritual symbolism. Eagle on the cactus is the aztec symbol for the city tenochtitlan. Aztec people were shocked when they saw tenochtitlan because of how sophisticated and developed it was. Rain god and sun god had two structures devoted to them on the temple mayor (great. Aztec people were warlike and conquered other areas. Codex mendoza shows what was to be paid to the aztec people if they conquered your city or village. Codex fejervary-mayer in accordion style, has god of the calendar fire and time: the dots represent the days of the calendar.
