Comparison and Contrast
Event though the Aztec lived only a few thousand miles from the Maya, there civilizations were vastly different. The Maya lived in whats now southern Mexico. Although these civilizations were so vastly different, they both had at least one similarity. They both fell. The Aztec were conquered by the Spanish and the Maya fell from over farming. You will learn of how the Aztec and Maya were similar and different in ways of advanced technologies.
Before either civilization fell, they both had a height. At the Aztecs height, they had advanced technologies, organized religion and farming. The main advanced technologies of the Aztec consisted of stone carving, pyramid building canoe building and obsidian weapons. The Aztec mainly used stone carving for their structures but they also used it to create art. Because the Aztec were such good stone carvers, they could create very elaborate pyramid like structures for the gods. Since the Aztec lived on a lake and used chinampas to farm, they had a bunch of canals. They used canoes mad from trees to navigate these canals. The Aztec were also great warriors. On of the main aspects that helped the Aztec conquer so many other civilizations was there obsidian weapons. Obsidian is a glass like substance that forms on the top of lava flows.
Unlike the Aztec, the Mayas advanced technologies consisted of both physical and psychological aspects. The physical aspects were there immensely complex calender and observatories. Their psychological aspects were that they were superb astronomers and mathematicians. Firstly, the Maya made their calender from how they saw the earth and stars. The Maya built their observatories so they could do just that, look at and observe the stars. The main reason the Maya were such great astronomers and mathematicians was because they did have observatories.
As you can see from both these paragraphs, the Aztec and the Maya were similar but also different from each other. All the Aztecs advanced technologies were objects unlike the Maya. The Maya had physical objects as some of their advanced technologies, but more importantly, they had psychological advanced technologies also. It is interesting to compare civilizations because, even though they may have originated from the same tribe, they are so vastly different. No matter what civilizations you compare, I think you will find the same thing.
Before either civilization fell, they both had a height. At the Aztecs height, they had advanced technologies, organized religion and farming. The main advanced technologies of the Aztec consisted of stone carving, pyramid building canoe building and obsidian weapons. The Aztec mainly used stone carving for their structures but they also used it to create art. Because the Aztec were such good stone carvers, they could create very elaborate pyramid like structures for the gods. Since the Aztec lived on a lake and used chinampas to farm, they had a bunch of canals. They used canoes mad from trees to navigate these canals. The Aztec were also great warriors. On of the main aspects that helped the Aztec conquer so many other civilizations was there obsidian weapons. Obsidian is a glass like substance that forms on the top of lava flows.
Unlike the Aztec, the Mayas advanced technologies consisted of both physical and psychological aspects. The physical aspects were there immensely complex calender and observatories. Their psychological aspects were that they were superb astronomers and mathematicians. Firstly, the Maya made their calender from how they saw the earth and stars. The Maya built their observatories so they could do just that, look at and observe the stars. The main reason the Maya were such great astronomers and mathematicians was because they did have observatories.
As you can see from both these paragraphs, the Aztec and the Maya were similar but also different from each other. All the Aztecs advanced technologies were objects unlike the Maya. The Maya had physical objects as some of their advanced technologies, but more importantly, they had psychological advanced technologies also. It is interesting to compare civilizations because, even though they may have originated from the same tribe, they are so vastly different. No matter what civilizations you compare, I think you will find the same thing.