Aztecs

This is the Aztec SPICE Page

Women had less power than men, but more power than in other civs. When born, given tools to symbolise role in society. Women had household and market, and were teachers and priestesses. Men were warriors. Classes Warrior Elite(Aristocrats.) Merchants gained lots of wealth but had little power. Lower class worked the rich ppl’s land and lost their power but gained some rewards from wars. ||
 * __Social Structures__
 * Gender roles and relations
 * Family and kinship
 * Racial and ethnic constructions
 * Social and economic classes || Logan Urbanski
 * __(Political)State-Building, Expansion and Conflict__
 * Political structures and forms of governance
 * Empires


 * Nations and nationalism

[] “The Aztec empire was made up of a series of city-states known as altepetl. Each altepetl was ruled by a supreme leader (tlatoani) and a supreme judge and administrator (cihuacoatl). The tlatoani of the capital city of Tenochtitlan served as the Emperor (Huey Tlatoani) of the Aztec empire. The tlatoani was the ultimate owner of all land in his city-state, received tribute, oversaw markets and temples, led the military, and resolved judicial disputes. The tlatoani were required to be from the noble class and of royal lineage. Once a tlatoani was selected, he served his city-state for life. The cihuacoatl was the second in command after the tlatoani, was a member of the nobility, served as the supreme judge for the court system, appointed all lower court judges, and handled the financial affairs of the altepetl.”
 * Revolts and revolutions
 * Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations || Will Hobart
 * Government centered around war and religion.

|| -Polytheistic Believed in nature gods -dominated society -believed in human sacrifice -head god is huitzilopochtli- known as the southern hummingbird -he required a diet of human hearts which spurred the mass sacrifice of humans. -most gods were both male and female -calendar centered around religious events -women directed religion in the household
 * The government supported a tribute system, or a payment made periodically by one state or ruler to another, this payment was made in food to the people. ||
 * __Interaction Between Humans and the Environment__
 * Demography and disease
 * Migration
 * Patterns of settlement
 * Technology || Andrew Moeller
 * __Cultures__
 * Religions
 * Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies
 * Science and technology
 * The arts and architecture || Brooks Adams

-familiar with the wheel - without iron tools, still built mass temples - calendar stone - herbal medicine ||
 * __Economic Systems__
 * Agricultural and pastoral production


 * Trade and commerce

-tribute system -satisfied ¼ of the Aztec capital’s food - barter was facilitated by the use of cacao, quills filled with gold, and cotton cloth - Aztec chinampas contributed maize, fruits, and vegetables - efficiently organizing the labor of the calpolli and of additional laborers sent by defeated peoples to expand agricultural land ||
 * Labor systems
 * Industrialization
 * Capitalism and socialism || Andrew Moeller