(pre-)Aztec History 4 – The Aztecs didn’t get this far
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The Aztecs did not conquer the whole of Mexico. The Mayan town of Chichen Itza was never part of the Aztec empire. Some people say that this is because the Mayans were spread over such a large area, and also that some of their towns were in areas that were hard to reach, such as jungles.
(commentary by Omar’s dad, video by Omar and Alvaro)
(pre-)Aztec History 3 – The Maya
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The longest lasting civilisation in the whole of the Americas is the Maya. They started out about 3,500 years ago, and are still in Mexico and Guatamala today. They were partially defeated by the Aztecs, but because they were spread over such a wide area, they weren’t completely beaten by them. These ruins at Chichen Itza were not reached by the Aztecs, for example. Today, the Mayan language is still taught at schools, and it is an official language of Mexico.
(Commentary by Omar’s dad, video by Omar and Avaro)
(pre-) Aztec History 2 – How mankind came to Mexico
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The human race started out in Africa. It then spread out from there to Asia and to Europe, because these were connected by land to Africa, and people were able to walk across with their animals over several thousand years. There were no humans in the Americas, because there was no way for man to walk across to there. In the last ice age, about 30,000 years ago, the water levels dropped and the land between Asia and North America became visible. This land is known as the Bering Land Bridge. Groups of people then walked across from Siberia in the East of Asia to Alaska in the West of America. They then spread down through the Americas, with civilisations settling in the Middle Americas around Mexico.(Commentary by Omar’s dad, video by Omar and Avaro)
Aztec history 1 – No Aztecs over here
Although Omar and Alvaro started their trip here in Mexico, which is where the Aztec civilisation was centred, the areas we visited were not occupied by the Aztec. But Omar and Alvaro didn’t let that stop them finding out a little about the Aztecs.
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7th of July 2011
It was raining today and it is a busy day for the cars. Today we went to a supermarket called Plaza America and we went to buy some flip flops for my sister Aida because she lost her’s in the house that we stayed at. Today I found out that vitamin B would protect you from mosquito bites. I had lots of them so I ate some vitamin B. Today was the first day I would eat at subway! After I ate the subway we went on a train because my sister wanted to. Then we went home by taxi. We went to dinner at a place called Xulam. I had hot chocolate.
(typed up by Omar’s dad directly from Omar’s original notes)
6th of July 2011
We are going to leave Mexico in three days and go to Cuba. I am looking forward to going to Cuba because I want to see the old cars and the smallest bird in the world, the Male bee humming bird.
Yesterday in the 5th July my dad told me the story of Mexico and Christopher Columbus. I think that will help me a lot with the Aztecs. I can also talk about before and after the Aztecs in Mexico.
We also went to Xcaret, which is a water park. We saw some pumas, spider monkeys and even some flamingos. We went snorkelling and I found some coral in the water. We are staying in the playa de Carmen. When translated in english its the beach of Carmen. I watched TV. I saw a jaguar as well!
(typed up by Omar’s dad directly from Omar’s original notes)