Aztecs. What they ate. Image aztecs. Aztec crime and punishment. There was no shortage of laws in the ancient Aztec empire. In many ways, Aztec crime and punishment was very much like crime and punishment in many countries today. However, some parts of the Aztec legal system will no doubt seem strange to many people... Aztec law As the empire grew and became strong, many peoples became a part of the Aztec system. In the world of the Aztecs, the gods had power over people, through the leadership of the emperor and nobles, and of course through the priests. Though the power was someone centralized, the empire was still really a loosely connected alliance between various cities. Aztec laws covered almost every aspect of life.
Crime It's hard to know today how much crime there actually was in the empire. Courts Most crime was dealt with in a local court, where senior warriors would be the judges. The fact that much of the Aztec crime and punishment was swift and local made the system efficient, which it needed to be without a system of prisons. Punishment. Aztec Timeline.
It's time to take a look at an Aztec timeline to get an overview of what happened during the times of this civilization. Collectively, the people of the allied Central Mexican and American city states between the 12th century CE (AD) and the 15th century Spanish invasion are commonly referred to as the Aztecs. The Aztec empire was controlled primarily by a political body called the Triple Alliance, made up of the Acolhua people of Texcoco, the Mexica in Tenochtitlán, and the Tepaneca people of Tlacopan. These three peoples, and three cities, were responsible for the domination of much of Mexico during the period we'll show in our Aztec timeline. The symbols for the 3 cities which would make up the famous Triple Alliance (see Aztec timeline below)(L to R) Texcoco, Tenochtitlán (Mexico), and Tlacopán Over time, Tenochtitlán became the primary city of the Triple Alliance, and the Mexica became the rulers of the empire.
Foundation Of The Empire Building an Empire Height of the Empire.