The Aztec economy was sustained through three main pillars of agriculture, trade, and tribute. Agriculture was needed to fulfil the food needs of the population while surplus produce could …

Aztec farming and agriculture methods were highly impressive not just for their own time but also for later times. Thus remnants of Aztec farming and agriculture methods exist even today, in …

There were a variety of Aztec jobs for the common people of Aztec society. For example, they could be small farmers who cultivated their own land and mainly grew corn.

The Aztec economy was centred on the market places that existed in every city-state. The merchants who indulged in long-distance trade within the empire were known as “pochteca” …

Aztec economy was hugely dependent on the trade between different parts of the empire. Thus the traders, known as Pochteca, were of central importance for successful functioning of this …

Aztecs believed that the wisest course is moderation and thus one should not go to extremes in his or her conduct, as a famous Aztec proverb goes “the centre good is required”.

The Aztec government had a relatively loose central administration which wielded only reasonable control over the rest of the empire. The central administration was in the capital city of the …

A very important work of Aztec symbols is the famous Aztec calendar which details the Aztec symbols for days along with their calculation for both solar and sacred calendars.

Aztec society was a mixture of people from different ethnicities dominated by the Mexica people who had their capital at the city-state of Tenochtitlan. Aztec society was divided into various …

These pictograms were recorded in the pre-Columbian and colonial era Aztec society and continue to be a rich source of information about Aztec culture and history.