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The Americas: The Aztec & the Inca
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The Americas: The Aztec & the Inca. Aztec background. Rise of the Aztecs. Huitzilopochtli (right) human sacrifice-. Aztec Religion. Tenochtitlan. Aztec Economy. Aztec social classes. The Aztec society was divided into three socal classes: the pilli or nobility *calpulli
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Huitzilopochtli (right) human sacrifice- Aztec Religion
Aztec social classes The Aztec society was divided into three socal classes: • the pilli or nobility *calpulli • the pochteca or merchants and traders • the macehualli (people) or peasantry • Slaves or tlacotin
Role of women Love and marriage (and marriage and marriage and marriage?!) Property rights Aztec Women
Quechua-speaking clans ayllus Sapa Inca Rise of Inca
To trade or not to trade? Agrarian culture-terrace farming Mita Incan economy
Women’s duties Fertility goddess Parallel descent Incan Women
roads and bridges, Quipu Metalworking Inca Technology