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The Aztecs, Laws and Politics

October 30, 2010

The Tlatoani, or rhetoric, had many tasks of the political situation. He was head of the judiciary, the priesthood and the army. It would also talk to the Aztec gods.

The Aztecs had severe sanctions. The criminals were taken to court where there was a group of judges who decide the punishment if guilty. Sometimes the emperor would pronounce sentence. In this way, the justice system Aztec was something like ours today. The emperor would act as a judge and specially selected members of the community would act as a jury.

Crime Punishment
adultery death
commoner found wearing cotton clothes death
cutting down a living tree death
drunkenness 1st offense -head shaved, house destroyed

2nd offense – death
handling stolen property sold into slavery
moving a field boundry death
kidnapping sold into slavery
selling substandard goods loss of property
major theft death
minor theft sold into slavery
treason death, loss of property, destruction of land, children sold into slavery

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Aztecs, Schooling

The sons of the noble class attended a calmécac, a school for children of the nobility that was attached to the temples. Girls and boys were separated from calmecac schools. The children have learned to live prudently, to govern and to understand the history and ways of their elders, under strict priestly leadership. Learning in the calmécac was essential for advancement within the imperial administration macehualtin. The (literally, “workers”; traders, farmers and manufacturers) children attended a local school, telpochcalli call. He learned his skills, elements of the war, and citizenship. The children learned the basics of history and religion.

Macehualtin some children who were bright were sent to a calmécac, where they have more emphasis on scholarship in preparation for careers in technology. Fifteen (15), children participated in one or calmécac Cuicacalli. The calmécac was led by priests who taught religious and administrative affairs. Students also Calmecac extra religious duties, and lessons of history, astronomy, poetry and writing. The Cuicacalli was more of a military school. All children were trained for war and there was great rivalry between the schools, which often leads to fights. In addition to enrolling all children also had to work hard on their family land.

Aztec girls were mostly taught at home and began shooting at four (4) and the firing of twelve (12). Their education is essentially a training for marriage, but the girls spent a precious year of twelve (12) or thirteen (13) assists in the temple, and some were professional priestesses. Women took little direct part in public life, but has had much influence behind the scenes.

Aztec fathers and mothers raised their children carefully, making sure that children know their responsibilities and have mastered the skills necessary for life. They warned the children against the vices of gambling and theft, gossip and drink, and when children misbehave, punishment was painful. A form of punishment had parents with their children to fire pepper and forcing them to inhale smoke pepper.

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Aztecs, Food and Drink

Maize, a type of corn was the main source of Aztec food. The Aztecs also ate tomatoes, avocados, atole (a kind of porridge), tortillas and tamales, a kind of wrapper steamed maize stuffed with vegetables or meat.

Aztecs also ate chocolate. In their culture chocolate was reserved for warriors and nobles. A drink of cacao mixed with ground corn is believed to provide stamina and was used in sacred rituals. The chocolate was a drink for the elite.

The Aztecs ate twice a day and the main meal is eaten during the hottest hours of the day. Some edible things available in an Aztec market were fruit, vegetables, spices, flowers, edible dogs, and birds.

The Aztecs had an alcoholic drink called octli. A combine octli take the sap of the maguey plant and put it in a large pot. Then let the putrefaction of the sapwood, then they drink it. Octli was strictly reserved for nobles, royalty, and warriors. All the nobles who have been abused (drunk) the divine drink of the Aztecs would be sentenced to death. A good vendor of agave sap is boiled until it is like honey to a bad seller would be diluted.

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Aztecs, Sports and Gameses

The Aztecs had two different games – and patolli tlachtli. Tlachtli was a ball game between teams with a rubber ball. The court was shaped like a capital I and was 60 meters long and 10 meters wide. One person from each team would have to throw the ball through a hoop high vertically above head with hands-free knees. The ring is placed on opposite walls in the center of the court. Somehow this game of modern football and basketball. The team that made the first basket won the game. Sometimes it took hours to complete a game.

The other party, patolli was a game of chance played with stones and dry beans. In this game you are given six pieces to play and have ten stones of jade to play. The forum to play in an “X” divided into squares. Each player has a port in the middle of the “X”. Now you must decide how many jade stones you want to bet on the game. It gives you five cacao beans with white dots painted on them. These will be used as given. If you get a white dot moves one box, if you get two white dots that move two squares and so on, but if you get five white dots that move ten squares. The pieces must be right. To begin the game you have to throw one. When you do return to base, take that piece of board, your opponent is a jade stone. Keep playing until one player has lost all their beans.

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Aztecs, Military Life

The Aztecs did not have a professional army, but they were professional military officers. When a child is born his umbilical cord was cut and dried, and then buried in a battlefield, which means that his life would be dedicated to war. Each child is valid trained to fight. The soldiers were ordinary people.

An essential part of everyday life of the Aztecs was the war. All men capable of the body have been trained to be warriors. In preparation for the boys learned about adult life fighting and weapons at school. To fight the battle was considered a duty and an honor. Warriors helped teach calmecac. The warriors have taken students to the war and taught him how to make a prisoner in captivity. A boy became a man after winning his first prisoner.

Aztec courage and strength helped them to rebuild the empire and settle in the fiercest of all tribes in the valley of Mexico. They easily defeated the attacks by neighboring tribes. Declarations of war have been welcomed with joy, we have seen in the Aztec warriors as the time to show their skills in battle. Soldiers dressed in costumes designed to scare enemies, such as the Jaguar warriors, who used the ocelot skins and eagle warriors, who took a helmet-shaped beak bird of prey.

The troops were wearing ordinary clothes decorated with motifs and symbols of the war was feathers and leather. Site chosen for the battle and the armies met. The battles began when the shouts and insults were shouted, and conch trumpets and drums was good. Then the fighting began. The battle was usually short and ended with the weaker party to surrender and take prisoners.

The plan was to prevent an opponent, striking the leg so that it can be easily captured. This battle has left very little accidents. After the battle, the enemies of the city was ransacked and people were caught. The prisoners were trophies of war itself, because they were accustomed to sacrifice religious holidays. The soldiers sometimes demanded the right to death when they were caught. Military part of the family and was treated like a boy, until it was time for him to be sacrificed.

Aztec eagle and jaguar warriors were members of the aristocracy. Develop their costumes were worn to show the user the power and importance of Aztec society. skin of the warrior’s shield or wood was decorated with colorful feathers. Below are a warrior shield hanging leather belts to protect their feet. Their wooden sticks were lined with very sharp blades of obsidian. Thong like pulses of the club.

The Aztecs and their enemies using spears, slingshots, bows and arrows to fight at close range. sharp blades carved from obsidian and weapons mounted. fresh obsidian blade was sharper than Spanish steel swords. But the obsidian blades just lost their lead and break easily. The Spanish used steel swords, guns and cannons, which can take many Aztecs at a time. Aztecs members wearing armor and wooden shields used for protection. The Spanish armor was better to fight in Europe, the Aztecs’  light armor sometimes replace their hot and heavy metal armor.

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Historical Value & Traditions Of The Southwest On Jewelry — Albuquerque Jewelry

October 25, 2010

When it comes to the rich historic heritage of the Southwest and the influence it has on the types of jewelry, there are varied designs. The historic heritage of Albuquerque has something to contribute to the jewelry designs that are the most popular today in the Southwest. When you consider the historic significance of Albuquerque jewelry in the trading center background of the town that was founded in 1706, you can see why it became a major trading center for the Native Americans, Spaniards and the African, Asian and Anglo influence is evident. As a major crossroads of the Southwest, there are influences that are evident in the food, architecture, art and Albuquerque jewelry styles you see today.

Of course, when you are traveling the Southwest, the one thing you will notice about Albuquerque jewelry is that the prices are more competitive than the pricey metropolitan center of Santa Fe and the prices on Albuquerque jewelry are more suited to the mixed variety of people that love the historic heritage and trading center background of Albuquerque. It’s not unusual to find all kinds of Native American jewelry craftsmanship in jewelry stores alongside highest quality designer diamonds, such as Varna, ArtCarved, Princess of Hearts, Scott Kay, GemEast, HeartStar and Diana, Sholdt or Mark Schneider.

In fact, these designer names are the same as you will find in the highest quality jewelry stores on Fifth Avenue or Rodeo Drive, but Albuquerque jewelry offers more affordable pricing and it isn’t unusual to find many couples from Santa Fe making the jaunt to Albuquerque jewelry stores because the pricing is more affordable, while the quality of the diamonds and jewelry designs is as good and might be better. It is this rich historic heritage and trading center background that has made Albuquerque one of the top destinations for some of the designer jewelry that is most sought after, including modern top designers, like ELLE, Pandora and Nicole Barr.

When you consider the price advantages that are offered by making a trip to the area, there are many people that still consider it the crossroads of the Southwest and many newly engaged couples will come to the town from hundreds of miles in search of the perfect Albuquerque jewelry and diamonds to commemorate their love or mark a special occasion. In fact, there are some of the jewelry stores and shops that are moving from Santa Fe to be part of the heritage of this historic town on the banks of the Rio Grande.

While the food and ethnic variety of shopping are reasons that people love visiting Albuquerque, the historic heritage of this lively Southwest trading center offers Native American dances, jewelry and pottery, and many modern Albuquerque jewelry designs and diamond choices that rival those found in New York or Los Angeles, but at prices that are more conservative.

When looking for one of the Southwest’s most popular towns with ethnic heritage and historic significance, Albuquerque remains a popular trading post town and the historic heritage mixes the finest top-quality diamonds with jewelry by modern top designers that can be found in the Albuquerque jewelry stores, like Butterfield Jewelers on San Pedro NE in Albuquerque.

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Blue Shield Committee concerned about threatened Cultural Property in the Middle East

The international Blue Shield Committee has expressed it’s concerns about the possible damage of cultural property in the areas of Lebanon and Israel.

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Conference on Intangible Heritage: SCOPE II

International Conference in Vienna (Austria), 28-29 September, 2006: SCOPE II Themes: Sites and Subjects, narrating heritage.

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