Women's Roles In The Aztecs

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The Aztecs had a very organized and methodical way of life. Compared to the the Incan Empire, or the Europeans, the Aztecs maintained very good hygiene and cleaned themselves daily. Unlike the Europeans, the Aztecs took baths every day, brushed their teeth, and wore deodorant. In European societies, women were treated as inferior to men, and were not allowed as many rights as men, such as owning land or becoming a leader in society, whether it be religious or political. However, in the Aztec Empire, women were regarded as equals to men, because the Aztecs believed that to have a stable society, there needed to be a balance between men and women. Women were allowed to own land and make their own money, as well as have important roles in the Aztec society, such as teachers, merchants, and even higher roles such as priestesses and healers. In the early…show more content…
Each city in the Aztec empire had its own marketplace, and they depended on the trade of goods to bring in revenue for their city. Each marketplace usually had two different types of trade that they performed; long-distance and short-distance trade. For long distance, they would trade luxury goods, such as turquoise or bright woven cloth, as well as agricultural goods, to far away places, getting there by canoe or boat. The short- distance trade was between the smaller cities in the Aztec empire, and they would trade agricultural goods such as corn, beans, squash, tobacco and peppers. The market system place an important role in the Aztecs society and it enabled them to remain a stable and consistent society. In a letter written by Hernan Cortes to Charles V, he describes the Aztec economy by saying that the “city has many public squares, in which are situated the markets and other places for buying and selling,” and how daily there are “more that sixty thousand souls, engaged in buying and
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