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aztec politics (economy (tribute to the emperor:could be in the form of
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aztec politics
economy
tribute to the emperor:could be in the form of
- military service providing protection
- food (cacao beans)- used to buy goods
- natural resources (lumber)
- special crops (cotton)
- featherwork or precious metals -
farming
- irrigation and dike systems were created
- chinampas (floating garden): fertilized with human waste, food grown on chinampas supplied almost half of all the cities
cottage industries - labour force consists of families or individuals working at home with their own equipment Ex: ceramic pottery, blades/tools made from obsidian, paper from inside of bark
- biggest market was in tenochtitlan
- each type of product sold on a seperate street
- based on trade
- selling outside the marketplace was forbidden
- large white cloaks + cocoa beans were currency
pochteca
- long distance merchant
- organized porters (carriers) in caravans all over the empire
- traded goods for raw materials to make clothes + jewelry for the nobility
- called "spying merchants" because they travelled enemy territory + report back to the emperor
- they held high status
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city states
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- city-state made up of clans.
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- own origin stories and recorded history.
- their ruler is called tlatoani.
- the mexica had 3 altepetls (great alliance)
huey tlatoani (emperor) elected by a ccouncil of wise men made up of the greatest warriors and wisest priests.
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