Description
Before the European conquest in 1519, after Paris and Naples the Aztec empire was the third largest in the world. It functioned as a city state and its capitol Tenochtitlan was most impressive. Society was stratified, with a subordinate labor force and a slave system that served the nobility. The State’s wealth depended on territorial expansion. The role of the warrior and the merchant trader was critical in order to maintain a robust economy and trade system. This discourse will also cover aspects of the Aztec complex judicial system. Social order was imperative, there was a belief in the rule of law with extreme codes of conduct and an expected morality.