What was a Calmecac in the Aztec culture?
The Calmecac ([kaɬˈmekak], from calmecatl meaning “line/grouping of houses/buildings” and by extension a scholarly campus) was a school for the sons of Aztec nobility (pīpiltin [piːˈpiɬtin]) in the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican history, where they would receive rigorous religious and military training.
What transport did the Aztecs use?
How did the Aztecs transport people and goods? The Aztecs used canals and canoes for travel and transportation on water. They used the dirt roads they made to journey on land.
What was unique about school for the Aztec?
They learned literacy, history, religious rituals, calendrics, geometry, songs and the military arts. These advanced studies in astronomy, theology and statesmen ship prepared the nobles’ sons for work in the government and temples.
What was the lowest class in Aztec?
Aztec farmers may be further divided into those who worked their own land and those who worked the land of large estates and paid their rent with whatever they farmed. These serfs were the lowest class of all in Aztec society, known as mayeque; they owned no land and paid up to 30% of their produce to their overlords.
Why did the Aztecs travel by foot?
The Aztecs were no strangers to walking. As we have already mentioned, they went on a very long pilgrimage, and they were used to travelling overland for trade or to wage war. This is how they did it… Dress for war – many travellers walked in large expeditions.
At what age did Aztec children start school?
According to some old documents, Mexica children started to attend school at five, but the Codex Mendoza suggests that full-time school only began at 15 (count the dots at the bottom of pic 3!).
Who arranged marriages in Aztec society?
The Aztec men, both nobles and commoners, got married when they were about 20 years old. The women were younger, about 14-15. Upper class marriages were arranged, usually by a professional matchmaker.