Aztecs

Training
The warrior was a glorified position in the society. It wouldn't be surprising to find out that your son wanted to go into the army when he grew up. As we'll see, there were also significant rewards in store for the successful soldier.
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Boys in the empire would receive a good education, no matter what their prospects for a career were. Astronomy, rhetoric, poetry, history, and of course religion would all be important subjects at school. Then there would be actual training on the battlefield. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs this calander can tell days months rivals and seasons and important things and helped them when danger is coming

Ancient Aztec Religion
Ancient Aztec religion hymn: //Huitzilopochtli is first in rank, no one, no one is like unto him: not vainly do I sing (his praises) coming forth in the garb of our ancestors;// //I shine; I glitter.// ~The Hymn of **Huitzilopochtli** (trans. by Daniel G. Brinton)


 * Ancient Aztec religion was a complex interaction of gods, dates, directions and colours.** It seems that most of the preoccupation in the religion had to do with fear of the nature, and a fear of the end of the world.

By the time the Mexica's Empire (Mexica is the proper name for the Axtecs) was at its height, the political and religions systems were in close interaction. The actions of the ruling classes and common people can be best understood if we look way back to the Mexica understanding of the creation, or rather creations, of the world. Because the religion was a mixture from various peoples, there are variations. We'll give a general overview here.

In the Beginnings
//Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent//

According to ancient Aztec religion, **it took the gods 5 tries to create the world.** These attempts were foiled because of infighting among the gods themselves. After he was knocked from his exalted position by rivals, the first creator, **Tezcatlipoca**, turned into a jaguar and destroyed the world. Under similar circumstances, the world was created and then destroyed with wind, and then two floods. /aztecs1.gif