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Egypt And The Aztecs Pal

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

EGYPT

NEARLY 500 FEET HIGH AND COVERING 13 ACRES.MADE MORE THAN 2 MILLION STONE BLOCKK IT WAS BUILDT AS A TUME OR THE KINGS

The pyramid of Giza was the First pyramid to be built and it's the oldest and largest.khu was the creator

Re is the chief god pharaoh s developed a high centralized gov.

the Great Pyramid was covered by casing stones that formed a smooth outer surface; what is seen today is the underlying core structure

Their purpose was not architectural but religious; the Pyramids of Egypt were tombs, lineally descended from the most primitive of burial mounds.

AZTEC

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In 1487 the great temple Tenochtitlan is finished it's dedicated to the gods with thousands human sacrifices

Herman Cortez the Spanish leader fought the Aztecs and toke over their land

The Tenochtitlan is built of stone and covered with stucco and polychrome paint and it's double temple.It was dedicated to religious activities

The Tenochtitlan was built for specific celebrations.The temple itself was the main religious building of the capitol city.

The similar structures of Egypt and the Aztecs is that they both build temples for there gods.the Egyptians and the Aztecs both created there own calendar and kept a record of time

The Differences was they both peaked at different times.Egypt lasted longer than the Aztec.they both where in different climates and did different cultural habits