The Americas
Aztecs
Aztec Calendars/Dates
The Aztecs' use symbols to determined the date, month and year is named tonalponualli.
Aztec Math/Number System
Aztec's had a conceptual idea of what zero was.
Tools and work animals
City and Empire Layout
Farming and Hunting
Aztecs Science
Aztec's use obsidian and chert, a special strong rock, to create weapons.
Aztec's Art and Music
The Aztecs people had various different types of music, many of the songs were sacred hymns the art was a history of many different types.
Religion/Rituals/Customs
believed in multiple gods, most known where Haloc and Huitzilochtli, they sacrificed humans to keep sun moving.
History
It took the Gods 5 tries to create the world, Quetzalcoatl created the humans, Huitzuilopochtli sun God then sacrificed humans. They believed every 52 years the the world end unless the constellation of heiades showed.
Pyramids
They had the sun and Moon Pyramid in Teotihuacan to honor Haloc and Huitzilopochtl.
Houses and Buildings
The material Aztecs used to build houses was largely influence by their climate
Tools and Work Animals
They used hammers to make their jewelry
City and Empire Layout
Tenochititlan was an Aztec City. It was an urban island settlement that housed 200,00 inhabitants. It was one of the largest cities in the world at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Ehen the Mexicas came to power and Tenochtitlan's population began to grow explosively.
Farming and Hunting
Aztec farming has become most famous because of the brilliant Chinampas system that Aztec farmers used.
Geography
The Aztecs were located in the middle of the Mexico Valley in the center of the Lake Texco.
Trade/Economy
The Aztecs traded everything and it was important part of their life. Their economy relied heavily on agricultural and farming. The two most common way the Aztecs bartered was through the use of cocoa beans.
Government/Taxes
The basic unit of ancient Aztecs governments was the Calpulli. Families didn't individually own land, was owned by a group of families The Calpuli. There were several types of taxes depending the occasion: there were war, religion, time taxes etc.
Daily Life and Culture
The husband was primary responsible for supporting the family and the wife's role was to provide the family with clothing and food.