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The status of Aztec women has changed throughout the history of the civilization. In the early days of the Aztecs, before they settled in Tenochtitlan, women owned property and had roughly equal legal and economic rights. As an emphasis on warfare increased, so too did ideas of male dominance. Women did not participate in warfare except as ...
Doña Isabel Moctezuma (born Tecuichpoch Ichcaxochitzin; 1509/1510 – 1550/1551) was a daughter of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II.She was the consort of Atlixcatzin, a tlacateccatl, [1] and of the Aztec emperors Cuitlahuac, and Cuauhtemoc and as such the last Aztec empress.
Tlapalizquixochtzin married Aztec emperor Moctezuma II (c. 1466 – June 1520). Their daughter was Doña Francisca de Moctezuma. [2]
Chimalxochitl II (b. before 1299), [1] also known as Chimallaxochitzin, Chimallaxoch, [2] Chimalacaxochitl or Chīmalxōchitl in Classical Nahuatl, [3] was Queen consort of the Cuautitlan Kingdom and Princess of the Aztecs. [2] She was the sole survivor of the Aztec royal family during the Chapultepec War [2] and a defender of her religious ...
Lienzo de Tlaxcala image depicting Tlaxcaltec soldiers leading a Spanish soldier to Chalco.. Due to their century-long rivalry with the Aztecs, the Tlaxcaltecs allied with Hernán Cortés and his fellow Spanish conquistadors and were instrumental in the invasion of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire, helping the Spanish reach the Valley of Anahuac and providing a key contingent of the ...
Varieties of clothing worn by Aztec men, before the Spanish conquest. Basic dress of an Aztec woman before the Spanish conquest. Over time the original, predominantly kin-ship-based style of textile production gave way to more workshop and class-based production. [7] Producing the fibers to make clothing was a highly gendered operation. [3]
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The Aztecs performed ritual self-sacrifice (also called autosacrifice or blood-letting) on a daily basis. [17] The Aztecs believed that Huitzilopochtli needed daily nourishment (tlaxcaltiliztli) in the form of human blood and hearts and that they, as “people of the sun,” were required to provide Huitzilopochtli with his sustenance. [18]