The clear delineation between the rich and poor Aztecs is evident. When the maize and bean tribute failed the whole society foundered. Moctezuma would have survived, but his empire would have crumbled beneath him. Disease, (smallpox) brought unwittingly by the Spanish conquistadores, finished the job that nature and an unreliable system of economy had started.
Fields were prepared for growing crops by plowing the soil to break it up and make it loose, removing weeds and debris, and adding nutrients or fertilizers to the soil to improve its fertility. Sometimes fields were also leveled to ensure proper drainage and irrigation.
The Olmec people used a system of raised fields for growing crops by constructing mounds of earth surrounded by canals or ditches. This helped to hold water for irrigation and drainage during the rainy season, allowing them to cultivate crops in the nutrient-rich soil of floodplains. The raised fields also provided protection against flooding and pests, promoting successful agriculture.
Women wove cloth and made clothing, prepared food, raised turkeys, and tapped drought-resistant maguey, a member of the agave family.Men worked in the fields growing maize, beans, maguey, squash, and chilies. And when not tending their fields, men labored on state building projects and served as foot soldiers in the army.Children helped their parents, aunts, and uncles to carry firewood, spin thread, and offer tortillas and incense to the gods at the family altar.
The Aztec called the raised fields they created "chinampas." These were man-made rectangular islands used for agriculture in the shallow lakes of the Valley of Mexico. They were used to grow crops such as maize, beans, and squash.
The Aztec Indians were primarily farmers. They practiced agriculture on raised fields called chinampas, which allowed them to grow crops such as maize, beans, and squash. Hunting was also practiced, but agriculture was the primary source of sustenance for the Aztec civilization.
Fields were prepared for growing crops by plowing the soil to break it up and make it loose, removing weeds and debris, and adding nutrients or fertilizers to the soil to improve its fertility. Sometimes fields were also leveled to ensure proper drainage and irrigation.
Irrigation.
Irrigation.
Irrigation.
There are some salt nutrients that you could you put on fields to stop crops from growing. One such nutrient is abscise acid which is found in salt and inhibit plant growth.
The Olmec people used a system of raised fields for growing crops by constructing mounds of earth surrounded by canals or ditches. This helped to hold water for irrigation and drainage during the rainy season, allowing them to cultivate crops in the nutrient-rich soil of floodplains. The raised fields also provided protection against flooding and pests, promoting successful agriculture.
Cash crops are ones that return money within a short time for the least time and labor.He planted cash crops in most fields, and select longer growing crops in other fields.
The reason for the 3 field system is so that 2 of the fields can grow crops and the 3rd of the fields wouldn't have anything growing but they would, put animals there to fertiliser the crops
Women wove cloth and made clothing, prepared food, raised turkeys, and tapped drought-resistant maguey, a member of the agave family.Men worked in the fields growing maize, beans, maguey, squash, and chilies. And when not tending their fields, men labored on state building projects and served as foot soldiers in the army.Children helped their parents, aunts, and uncles to carry firewood, spin thread, and offer tortillas and incense to the gods at the family altar.
Rape seed, for making vegetable oil.
used up all the nutrients in the soil
In China the work is just like growing their crops working on the fields/farms,.