Monday, July 16, 2012

The Aztec Empire and Society

By Willis Christopher


The Aztecs had been quite a contentious tribe of ancestral men and women. In comparison to other ethnic groups, Aztec civilization was found quite definitely sophisticated and well-off in their early time. Aztecs have also managed a structured political system that was more or less non-existent in other tribes.

The Aztec was a society group and they're mainly the forefathers of Mexicans nowadays. As for their place, they thrived in the area we currently call Central Mexico and their most prosperous times had been between the 14th and 16th centuries. In these centuries, Aztec empire held about a populace of 15 million individuals who were living in 500 communities. Yes, they had been quite prosperous, yet quite harmful.

The Aztec society held rules. And when the regulations were made, therefore it Ought to be implemented, or else they'll end up sentenced to terrible tortures and tough consequences you may never want to think about. The Aztecs got quite cruel penalties. Tlatoani has been the title of the Great Speaker, the one who establishes the rules and in-charge of the soldiers as well as priesthood (also the one who interacts with their gods). They was a court exactly where criminals had been evaluated by the Emperor (the judge) as well as a jury made up of uniquely selected people, much the same as our judicial system these days.

If an Aztec commits kidnapping, minor theft as well as prohibited dealing with robbed property or home, they are put and traded into slavery. Once they've been seen intoxicated, their own property could be demolished and their head shaved as their primary punishment, however, if they make it the second time, they'll be killed. The Aztecs got a great deal crimes of which, by the rule abides, were put to death. Crimes that include major theft, adultery, shifting a field boundary, treason, commoner wearing cotton clothes, and also cutting down a living tree entails a death execution. But among all criminal offenses, they consider treason the gravest violation, aside from a death sentence, the children has to be sold into slavery, the property must be wrecked, and the home needs to be sold.

Religion plays the major part in the Aztec civilization. The Aztecs worshipped different gods and goddesses regarding every attribute of their life.




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