Five Facts about Aztec people

                                                        

                  Five Facts about the Aztecs                           

                                   

1. The Aztecs were the last people to dominate Mexico before the arrival of the Spanish.

2. They waged continual war to capture prisoners to sacrifice to the gods and to demand tribute from neighboring states.

3. Soldiers were rewarded with elaborate costumes to show how many prisoners they had captured.

4. The last Aztec ruler was Montezuma. He believed a rumor that the Spanish commander Herman Cortes was the god Quetzalcoatl in human form and invited him to his palace.

5. Bad mistake-the Spaniards took Montezuma prisoner and conquered his empire.

Some important years of Chinese history

Some important years of Chinese history(AD)

1.610 AD: - The Grand Canal, built to carry trade between north and south china, is completed; it runs for 1770 km (1100miles)

2. 1000AD: - Science and technology flourished under the Song dynasty.

3. 1275 AD: - Venetian explorer Marco polo arrives at the court of Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor of china

4. 1368 AD: -  A Peasant ruler, Zhu Yuangzhang, over throws the Mongols and becomes the first Ming emperor.

5. 1644 AD: - Manchu (Mongolian) warriors seize Bejing and establish the Qing dynasty (Until 1911).  

Origin of caste system

Andhra Pradesh is the birthplace of many castes. It is also home to many other castes and cults founded outside, but who found patronage here. The different schools of thought have rise to various caste movements, reform movements, and philosophical schools of thought. Here's a potpourri of topics on the castes of Andhra Pradesh.

  

Brahmins

Kammas

Reddys

Mala

Madiga

BCs

Group-A

Group-B

Group-C

Group-D

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Brahmins: According Sir S. Radhakrishnan, although used very widely, the term Brahmin is not a correct word . In the ancient Hindu texts, the word brahmana is used to indicate "absolute" or the "infinite spirit" of Lord Brahma. In the course of history, as the Varna or the caste system developed, the group of priestly people came to be known as brahmanas or Brahmins. In this section, the word brahmin is used to refer to the community of people known as brahmins in today's India. Introduction of Brahmins, Gayatri Mantra, List of Brahmins

    

Kamma or Chowdhury:

The most influential community in Andhra Pradesh today is the Kamma, or Chowdhary community. In a numerical ranking (by population size) they would probably be fifth or sixth, but they are concentrated in some areas like Krishna, Guntur, Southern parts of the Godavari river delta, Nizamabad in Telangana and some places of Rayalseema like Anantapur.

 

Reddys:

After the kakatiya kingdom broke up, many Reddys migrated to coastal Andhra---Addanki and Kondaveedu, and later Rajahmundry on the Godavari and founded their own independent kingdoms which flourished between 1325-1448 AD. Komati Prolaya Vemareddy, son of Komati Prola reddy founded this kingdom . There are foolish elaborate explanations of why the name Komdi or Komati was their surname (apart from silly fake legends, there is an attempt to disc.

 

Backward Castes:

The Backward Classes community in Andhra Pradesh consists of 92 castes and these castes are categorized into four groups as follows:

Group-A (39 Castes)

Group-B (21 Castes)

Group-C (Harijan Convers)

Group-D (33 Castes)

 

Mala:

 

Madiga