Aztec History

Aztecs started out as a small group of barbarians that called themselves the Mexica. The Mexica was believed to first appear in the Valley of Mexico about A. D. 1200. Although, according to folk legend it is believed that the Aztec’s original homeland was an island called Aztlan. The Aztecs migrated from their original home land sometime during the early twelfth century settling in the Valley of Mexico later in the twelfth century. Teotihuacan ame …

…level of subjectivity varied between people in the lower classes. Most commoners still had certain obligations to fulfill to their lord. They were to provide their lords with tributes and provide regular labor services. Men commoners were to cultivate the land while women would spin and weave both genders would have to do the of a domestic servant. Landless laborers were contracted to work on the land of the nobles were called the indentured workers#.