FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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artists and commoners
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nobles and commoners
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nobles and slaves
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priests and kings
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Aztecs followed a strict social hierarchy in which individuals were identified as nobles (pipiltin), commoners (macehualtin), serfs, or slaves. The noble class consisted of government and military leaders, high level priests, and lords (tecuhtli).
Detailed explanation-2: -Aztec social classes (Mexico Lore, n.d.) The most important of these were the tlatoani (rulers), warriors, nobility, and the high priests and priestesses. The lesser classes were composed of the free poor, slaves, servants, and the middle class.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Aztec social class of the mācēhualtin were rural farmers, forming the majority of the commoners in the Aztec Empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -MACEHUALTIN (MIDDLE CLASS) The middle class in Aztec society were referred to as macehualtin and they made up the largest group of people in Aztec society. These people were considered to be among the commoner class and generally were made up of rural farmers.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Aztecs expanded their empire through military conquest and sustained it through tributes imposed on the conquered regions.