The Toltec, Aztec, and Mayan Indian Tribes Essay -- Pre-Columbian Hist

The Toltec, Aztec, and Mayan Indian TribesTOLTECS The Toltecs were an Indian tribe who existed from 900 A.D. to 1200. Theyhad a capital city of Tollan, and their influences reached south to theYucatan and Guatemala. They were a composite tribe of Nahua, Otomi, andNonoalca. The Tolt ecs made huge stone columns decorated like totem poles.AZTECS Aztecs were an American Indian people who rule an empire in Mexico duringthe 1400s and early 1500s. They dear a religion that affected everypart of their lives. To worship the Aztecs built towering temples, createdhuge sculptures, and had human sacrifices. The center of Azteccivilization was a river valley in Mexico. The emperor of the Aztecs wascalled the huey tlatoani (great speaker). A council of high-ranking nobles chose him from the members of a royal family. The Aztec society hadfour main classes nobles, commoners, serfs, and slaves. The typical Aztechousehold consisted of a husband and wife, their unmarried children, and anumb er of the husbands relative s. Boys were educated by...