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=Toltec=

militaristic aristocracy believed that the military leaders as well as religious leaders were at the top of the society also believed that there were chiefs that ran each particular city military probably ran most of society and kept people in row religion affected military class-- they wouldn't attack unless they knew the gods were on their sides The middle class was probably made up of craftsmen, astronomers, merchants (speculated) not much is known about lower class Home consisted of Mother, Father, and unmarried children might also include relatives of the father husband would provide for family wife would supply clothing and food It was the fathers job to educate the children until the age of 10 then the boys would be sent to learn at temples girls usually stayed home to be taught household duties by the mother Characteristics of home life are only speculated, based on information gathered by the Aztec || Architecture:
 * __Social Structure__
 * Gender roles and relationships
 * Racial and ethnic constructions
 * Social and economic classes ||
 * __Political__
 * Political Structures and forms of government
 * Empires
 * Nations and nationalities
 * Revoults and Revolutions
 * Regional and global structures and organization ||  ||
 * __Interactions between the people and the enviorment__
 * Demography and disease
 * Migration
 * Patterns of settlement and technology ||  ||
 * __Cultures__
 * Religions
 * Belief systems and philosophies
 * Science and Technology
 * The arts and architecture || Religion:
 * centered around two gods, but had many others....polytheistic
 * Quetzlcoatl, the serpent god
 * learning, fertility, holiness, gentility, culture, philosophy, as well as good.
 * Tezcatlipoca, the smoked mirror
 * opposite of Quetzlcoatl representing war and tyranny
 * believed in human sacrifice and those sacrificed would be glorified and honored
 * played a game called tlatchli
 * had a general belief of life after death, but they believed all souls went together in the end
 * Military achievements and imagery of political and religious rituals dominated the late postclassical period.
 * religious cults and their conflicts undermined the Toltecs
 * similar to Maya architecture urban planning
 * Chichen Itza
 * colonnaded patios and temples

Arts:
 * buildings were decorated with scenes of warriors and human sacrifice[[image:44sm.jpg]]
 * pottery was both used for sacrifice and as practical household items ||
 * __Economic systems__
 * Agricultural and Pastoral production
 * Trade and commerce
 * Labor systems
 * Industrialization
 * Capitalism and Socialism || Economy depended on trade and agriculture...
 * extensive trade routes
 * main crops: corn (maize), beans, chili peppers
 * artisans used obsidian to make weapons which they exported
 * also exported textiles and ceramics
 * main imports: beans, cacao, and mushrooms ||