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Warriors were ranked by how many people they had killed. Merchants were able to have a steady living because of the large flow of trade that went through the Aztec society. Then slaves were at the bottom with no power or wealth.

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Religion was extremely important in Aztec life. They worshiped both gods and goddesses which all ruled one or more human activities or aspects of nature. The people had many agricultural gods because their culture was farming based; also they included natural elements and ancestor-heroes.

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These in habitants were divided into several social strata. At the top were local rulers (teteuhctin), then came nobels (pipiltin), commoners (macehualtin), serfs (mayeque), and finally slaves (tlacohtin). The strata seem to have been relatively fixed but there is some evidence of movement between them, especially in the lower classes.

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The family was given a piece of land, and they would have their own home.  Depending on their situation, both the man and the woman may be involved in working the land.  Of course, while a woman was involved in household tasks, a man would be more likely to become a warrior.  Though there were many occupations (farmer, priest, doctor, etc), being an Aztec Warrior was particularly glorified.

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In Aztec culture the warrior was glorified for religious reasons. Taking prisoners and sacrificing them to the gods was an increasingly important ritual.

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Sacrifice -The one being scarificed is painted and placed on a slab where their heart would be cut out and hraised to the sun.  The body is then disposed of by being thrown down the stairs of the temple/pyramid.

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-The children of the principal wife would be the inheritors - or, in the case of a ruler, only a child from the principal wife would be a successor.

-  Males headed the family

- A child was welcomed into the world and into the religious system. A soothsayer (a person supposed to be able to foresee the future) would be called to study the signs of the child.  He would inquire about the exact moment of the child's birth.  The birth would be cause for more ritual and great celebration.

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Aztec kings were alligned with the nobles. Like other kings they had myths. They claimed that they were chosen by the gods to rule, that their primary function was to serve the gods and after that to protect their subjects. Family Individuals had no say in how governmet was run

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-In Aztec society family a husband may have had more than one wife - but it would be his primary wife that would go through all the ceremony.

- Marriage marked the entrance into Aztec adult and independent society.

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In Europe and North America if you were a slave you were always a slave and if you were the offspring of a slave you also were a slave, but in Aztec society slavery was not hereditary. The children of a slave were free.  There were ways for a slave to gain freedom, such as purchasing it.

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-Capital was Tenochtitlan which is now called Mexico city

-started off in northern mexico around 1300s

-expanded all the way to pre-colombia

-at its peak, the aztec controlled most of present day central mexico

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women would learn how to economically run a household. they would also learn how to cook clean and care for a family

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regardless of gender or class education was mandatory in Aztec society.

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Self supporting because it was large enough and did not depend on other groups for trade

managed through the use of chimopas which is a form of agriulture- allowed for farming on the lake