World History: Empires
Aztec Empire
General Overviews
Be sure to watch the video and read the overviews first. You will find a lot of the Social and Political and Economic details here.
- Aztec Culture: An Overview
By archaeologist Michael E. Smith of ASU. Ms. Jacobson took a class with him in college. He is awesome.
Economics & Trade
- What all was for sale in the great market at Tlatelolco?The site is dated-looking and the design is horrible, but the information about the market is great.
Religion
Technology & the Arts
- A portrait of Tenochtitlana 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire. Very cool!!
- Carmine Dye and the Cochineal InsectWhat was the first item of commerce to be exported from the New World to the Old? No, not corn. Not rubber. It was bug juice.
Legacy
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