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Aztec society was a highly complex and stratified society that developed among the Aztecs of central Mexico in the centuries prior to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, and which was built on the cultural foundations of the larger region of Mesoamerica.
Son of Axayacatl (1472–1481). Oversaw a period of centralization and strengthening of the Aztec Empire. Disciplined and highly successful ruler before he made contact with the Spaniards in 1519, whereafter the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire began. [14] [15] c. 1466–1520 (aged 53–54)
The Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance (Classical Nahuatl: Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, [ˈjéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥]) was an alliance of three Nahua city-states: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan.
Pages in category "Aztec nobility" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "15th-century Aztec nobility" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ahuitzotl;
Durán also states that it was during the reign of Moctezuma I, as an invention of Tlacaelel that the flower wars, in which the Aztecs fought Tlaxcala and other Nahuan city-states, were instigated. To strengthen the Aztec nobility, he helped create and enforce sumptuary laws, prohibiting commoners from wearing certain adornments such as lip ...
This established an enduring tradition wherein future monarchs were consistently chosen from the ranks of the pipiltin, solidifying their role as the aristocratic elite within Aztec society. [1] Portrait of Acamapichtli, the first Aztec King. Ruling positions were not hereditary, but preference was given to those in the "royal families."
The new hereditary elite unified the clans that had been the center of Aztec life and paved the way for a conquest empire. Some sources describe the Pipiltin as the offspring of tlahtohqueh and teteuctin, which were different social classes within the ruling nobility. [1]