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Unit of organization in aztec society.
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What was the Aztec family group called?
CALPOLLI
What is calpolli?
Unit of organization in aztec society.
What where the Aztec family group called?
they were call the CALPOLLI
What was an Aztec family groups called?
they are called calpolli.
How does the Aztec clan work?
The clans were called calpolli. They owned most of the land.
How are the Aztecs so organized?
The most basic social division in Aztec society was that between nobles (Nahuatl pīpiltin) and commoners (Nahuatl mācehualtin). Nobles held a large number of privileges not shared by the commoners most importantly the right to receive tribute from commoners on their land. Commoners on the other hand were free to own and cultivate land and to manage their own possessions, while still completing the services required by their lords and their calpolli, such as tribute payment and military service. Mobility between the two social layers was difficult, but in practice both the commoner and noble groups were structured into finer hierarchies and a high degree of social mobility was possible within a given layer. For example the pochtecah long distance traders were considered commoners, but at the same time held a number of privileges comparable to those of the lesser nobility.
