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Daily Life of the Aztecs
Jacques Soustelle was an anthropologists that specialized in pre-Columbian civilizations in Mexico. The author used a collection of references in writing this book. The author did research his material in great depth. He used many quotes, including some from Cortez.
This book covers the life of the Aztecs. ....
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.... was the head of all local activities, he also had officials under him that collected taxes. The city of Tenochtitlan was said to have had a population of around 500,000 to 1,000,000 people.
The general appearance of the building were said to be very beautiful. The streets in the city were straight and wide, and canals ran along the streets for boats to travel on. Some of the roads were raised, the purpose of this was to use them as dikes and as causeways. These dikes would have places where water was able to pass through to keep the city from flooding.
The Aztecs also built pyr ....
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