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The Aztecs are from Mexico. Their valley, called the valley of Mexico, was in a gulf. There were mountains surrounding the valley. The inside of the gulf consisted of deserts, mountains, and succulent tropical forests. Their capital city, Tenochtitlan, was made in the 1400’s. It was also the largest city. Today Tenochtitlan is known as Mexico City! The whole Aztec Empire had 400 towns and cities! The Aztecs would still be located in Mexico today. When an Aztec baby was born a big celebration would take place. This celebration would take up to four days! During this celebration the father would call an astrologer to read his new born baby’s horoscope. If the baby was born on the first, second or ninth day they would have an unlucky life and if they were born on the third, fourth, fifth, seventh, tenth or eleventh they would have a good fortunate life. They would name the baby around four days after the birth. If the baby was a boy they would bury his umbilical cord in a battlefield to say he was able to roam and become a warrior. If the baby was a girl her umbilical cord was buried in the house stating that her duties were at home and she wasn’t able to roam. When the child was old enough he would start following his father to work or to the market and catching fish. For a girl she would be learning how to work a spindle, make thread and she would start helping around the house, at the age of 16 she would be married off. At the age of 20 a boy was ready to take on the adult life. He would need to find a woman to marry so she could cook and take care of the household. The family of the young man would help decide who he should marry. When the family decided who the son would marry they would hire a match maker to tell the “bride to be” and her family the proposal of the young man. The girl’s family would not take up the offer immediately they would think it over for a couple of days, and when the match maker came back they would let her know the news. The brides outfit for her wedding consisted of a yellow cosmetic paste for her face and red feathers all over her body. It did not matter how many wives a man had as long as he could support all of them. The unmarried men and women were not considered adults of the community. If the couple did not have children, in society’s eyes they were considered incomplete.

Bibliography

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Bray, Warwick. Everyday Life of the Aztecs . New York: Dorset Press, 1987. Print.

The Aztecs , Michael E. Smith [Blackwell:Oxford] 1996(p. 65-6)

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way, the, we know the Aztecs didn't eat chicken, and but just for fun here's an Aztec chicken recipe.... "Aztec Food." Aztec History <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. < http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-food.html>.

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