jan 1, 1325 - Tenochtitlan

Description:

Aztec
• Nucleated population
• Urban design
• Monumental public architecture
• Central place function for trade
• Specialist production of objects and goods
• Logographic writing > uses graphic symbol to represent a word
• Well-defined ruling class
• Hegemonic territorial control > conquering other regions
• Built on an island > very unusual

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