Aztec+Warfare

Aztec Warfare

The Aztec really had no army but they had militant officers that controlled their small forces that defend their villages or small towns. When the officers were kids they were trained day after day. They were trained to be fierce warriors. To fight in battle was a very big honor to them and to their family. They were trained at school and they spent most of their life training for battle. The officers took their students in to battle with them to show them how to capture their first prisoner. After the student captures his first prisoner he is then considered a man from then on. If a declaration of war was declared the Aztec greeted it with great happiness. They saw it as a time to show off their skills in battle. Some of the warriors dressed in skins from jaguars to scare their enemies. The other solders wore outfits with war symbols and unique patterns. These outfits were a very useful scare tactic to scare their enemies so they are on edge for the battle against an army of fiercely dressed warriors. A place for battle was decided and the two armies met. The two armies cursed and insulted each other until the war drums and horns were sounded. Then they charged each other in a wall of men and crashed in to each other like two waves crashing in to each other. The battles were short and ended when the weaker of the armies surrendered and the winning side took prisoners.

The technology they used in battle: The Aztec used many different materials to fight with. Most of their egded weapons (with blades) were made from obsidian, which is a shiny volcanic rock that can be chipped to a cutting edge. There main fighting wepeon was accualy the club. There were many variations to it, but the wooden club with osidian spikes was very commen (pictured below). The spear was sometimes thrownfor a long distance kill, or at short range for stabbing. They also made bows and arrows and small daggers to kill the enemies once they were out of arrows. When the Spanish attacked the Aztec the Aztec was very out gunned. The Spanish had cannons guns and steel swords and the Aztec only had arrows and big clubs. The armor was far superior to the Aztecs witch was none. The armor the Spanish had helped the kill many Aztec warriors. The big advantages over the Aztec are what helped the Spanish take over the Aztec lands.

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