Essay Archive - The Toltecs, Aztecs, and Mayans
The Toltecs, Aztecs, and Mayans
The Toltecs were an Indian tribe who existed from 900 A.D. to 1200. They
had a capital city of Tollan, and their influences reached south to the
Yucatan and Guatemala. They were a composite tribe of Nahua, Otomi, and
Nonoalca. The Tolt ecs made huge stone columns decorated like totem poles.
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Aztecs were an American Indian people who rule an empire in Mexico during
the 1400's and early 1500's. They practiced a religion that affected every
part of their lives. To worship the Aztecs built towering temples, created
huge sculptures, and had human sacrifices. The center ....
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