Unit 2

• calpulli 'large house', a political unit, of several interrelated family groups.
• Calpulli was important to Aztec society as it provide company, food, a house and jobs
• The calpulli provide stability to the society, they ensure good behaviour, and they could be punished for the wrong doing of one members.
• Men were expected to provide food or money to buy food for their family with the help of their children.
• The Aztecs valued good behaviour and parents would discipline their children quite severely.
• aztecs clothing were used to indicate their status. Commoners were expected to wear simple knee-length clothing with not decorations or jeweleries.
• Children were expected to start working for the family from the age of five or six.
• The king Tlatoani had great power in the Aztecs society.
• Viceroy means Royal royal official who run a country, colony, or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch
• Training for battle began during childhood, teaching the child bravery, how to handle weapon and discipline.
• All warriors were expected to to fight when called to battle by playing the war drum outside the palace.
• Noble clothing were better, and their clothes were made from cotton, while the commoner's were made from fabric.
• Women wore a tunic over shirt while men wore a loincloth and a cloak.
• The Aztec usually eat 2 meals a day, which mainly contain of fruit and vegetable.
• Eating meat and fish were luxury, since they did not raise animal for food.
• Aztec medicine was a mixture of herbs, magic, religion and first aid.
• Cihuacotl: Snake woman, King assistance
• The main duty of the King was to lead the army
• The new king usually started his reign with a battle. It was important to them to establish their bravery by seizing captives and new territory.
• Aztecs king were paid tribute by the conquered nation.
• The aztecs ruled by using a tiered administration.
• Tumpline is use for a boardban of cloth.
• Long distance traders were Pochteca.
• Macuahuitl weapon shaped like a wooden sword.
• The Aztecs treat their death body with respect.
• Dead people were burried under the own homes.
• Important people were buried with stone vaults and sometimes men were buried with their dogs for company.
• They buried the dead with food to help them in afterlife . The corpse was buried under their own home and dressed in their best clothes.
• Octli was an Alcoholic drink made from the maguey plant.
• Tenochtitlan can only be reached by ramps or causeway.
• Fresh drinking water were provided by a tall stone aqueduct.
• A 16km dam was built to protect the city from flooding.
• Tenochtitlan had 4 districts
• Sacred Precinct: The ceremonial heart of the city
• Cuepopan: The place of blossoming flower
• Atzacualco the place of heron
• Moyotlan the region of mosquitoes.
• Chinmpas floating garden