Priests had complete control over education. The Aztec empire was provided with special schools, the Calmecas, which trained boys and girls for official religious tasks. Schools for the least disciplined children were called telpuchcalli, or youth houses, where they learned history, Aztec traditions
The Aztecs believed that the keeper of the days or priests of the calendar could see peoples fate. In this way, soon after the birth of a child, it was taken by its parents so that the guardian of the days could read about its destiny. Regarding reading, every important decision to be made in rela
The Aztec defeat resulted in an offensive by the conqueror Hernan Cortez starting in the year 1519. By Me. Cláudio FernandesAfter the discovery da America by Columbus, in 1492, many navigators and adventurers hired and aided by the Spanish crown became interested and launched themselves into the wa
Most of the Aztecs lived like the Indians of today, in the most remote villages of Mexico. The family lived in a simple house, made of adobe or mud and thatched roof. The father worked in the fields with the older children. The mother took care of the house and trained the daughters in household cho
Teotihuacan We are facing a civilization that has incorporated architecture, calculation, writing, and religion into its day-to-day. The Aztec confederation, in cultural terms, was a degeneration of preexisting civilizations, they absorbed aspects of that culture by incorporating their own. The
By Rainer Sousa The glamorization of the material culture of other peoples is a very common practice in many strongholds of western culture. Permeated by an interest that intensified in the 19th century, with the imperialist wave that determined the arrival of colonists in different parts of the pla
Aztec ruins indicate much more grandeur than quality. Their architecture was less refined than that of the Mayans. Thousands of artisans worked continuously to build and maintain the temples and palaces. Small temples rose atop tall pyramids of earth and stone, with staircases leading to their porta
The Drink of the Gods The Aztecs believed that the god Quetzalcoátil had brought cocoa beans from the sky and given them to humans as a gift. Cocoa trees are known to have existed for over 4,000 years. Scattered by birds and monkeys. In 1502, Christopher Columbus was the first European to try
After a convulsive period that coincided with the validity of the Volstead Act (better known as Dry Law) in which the American mafia made gold, but in which the streets of Chicago and New York were littered with corpses in the struggle for control of organized crime, the main mafia families of the c
In our blog entry dedicated to Isaac Parker, the hanging judge, We commented that as the United States expanded its domain into the western territories of the country, the maintenance of law and order were complicated issues. The great extension of these territories and the delay in establishing the
In recent times, Panama is a country that is very current for reasons that are well known in Spain. But that is not the goal of this post. Long before the so-called Panama papers came to light, the country was especially known for its canal, which facilitates passage between the Atlantic and Pacific
Anyone who hears about the United States Military Academy at West Point today will identify its name with the place from which the most important soldiers of the countrys army have come and with a symbol of the stricter and harsher military discipline. However, this was not always the case, as the i
Currently, and as far as politics is concerned, the term dictator It has a pejorative nuance, when referring to that ruler who is distinguished by imposing his will, disregarding the rights and freedoms of his subjects, frequently using violence and murder. Names such as Stalin, Hitler or Mussolini
It seems difficult to understand that in a country it is known by the name of the Forgotten War a warlike conflict that was its first official declaration of war since its independence, in which it fought against the country in which many of them had been born or from which their parents or grandpar
In 1953 the Oscar Awards ceremony for the year 1952 was held and five true Hollywood legends of the golden years competed to get the statuette for best leading actor. Some of the films they had performed are also among the best known in the history of the seventh art. The nominees were: Gary Cooper
October 9, 1919. The eighth game of the baseball world series is played between the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox. Despite the fact that the latter are the clear favorites, the Cincinnati team wins by 10 innings to 5 and wins the title of champion. Rumors quickly spread about the fixing
The movie The Untouchables by Eliot Ness tells the story of the man who against all odds got the gangster Americas most famous man, Al Capone, will end his days in Alcatraz prison. But there was another man who spent years in New York persecuting organized crime, who also managed to put several of
It is difficult to understand, now that an African-American resides in the White House and holds the most powerful position in the world, that until relatively few years ago in the United States there was a policy of racial segregation based on regulations such as those known as the Jim Crow Laws, w
In 1866, Robert LeRoy Parker was born in Beaver (Utah). Surely his name will be completely unknown, but the nickname by which he was known sounds the same:Butch Cassidy. The gang of outlaws that he was part of along with The Sundance Kid was one of the most famous in the violent and turbulent histo
Fort Robinson, Nebraska, September 5, 1877. A proud Oglala Sioux chieftain approaches the gates of the fort. His name is Crazy Horse. He is one of the three most important chiefs of the Sioux, along with Sitting Bull and Red Cloud. He participated in the greatest victory of the Indians over the Unit
Kiss my ass (kiss my ass) was the literal response, and printed on official letterhead, from the Alabama Attorney General to threats from the Ku Klux Klan. In 1970, at just 29 years old and shortly after being elected Alabama Attorney General, Bill Baxley reopened the case 16th Street Baptist Churc
The flag of the United States of America it has its origins in the war of independence of the 13 colonies. Its colors are red, blue and white and it has 13 stripes and 50 stars. Current flag of the United States of America Origin When George Washington led the American troops fighting the Britis
After the crack of 29 and the Great Depression of the 1930s the greatest economic crisis of the 20th century took place, due to its duration and its consequences at a global level.Speculation (I would call it human greed) made shares rise until the bubble burst on October 24, 1929 (Black Thursday ).
This document from the Department of Immigration confirms that the landing of the Apollo XI it was not shot in a US movie studio. When you are going to enter the US you have to fill out a form from the Immigration Department; because in July 1969 the crew members of Apollo XI (Armstrong, Collins an