First, we will explore the lifestyle of the priest. The priests were introduced to the priesthood by their parents when they were young. Although there was both priest and priestesses, it was more common for males to be priest. There were a number of priests that fulfilled the full-time priestly roles in some of the Temples. It was said to be about 5000- priest in a dual temple of Tenochtitlan at one time. The priest were expected to have a saintly life, righteous life; of pure heart, good, and humane; a peace maker, constant, resolute, and brave. The priest also had different ranks that can be achieved according to their age and how many duties they could perform. That is a sign of mobility within the class. A sign of mobility outside of the class would be that the priest could come from either a noble or commoner background. The priest role was

A critical view of the merchants would be that the merchants were led to believe that they were important to the society because they were given special privileges by the nobles but couldn't be a noble. In order for the society to function properly they thought that they had to stay in their positions. Functionalist would say that since they had the talents of making goods then they could be taught the skills to distribute them. Since they were being of value to the nobles then they would be rewarded and given special privileges.

In this paper the Aztecs society was split up into three groups or five different classes, which were the priest, nobles, merchants, commoners, and the slaves. Each class was described and discussed in terms of legitimization, mobility, elimination, and also how functional theorist such as Davis and Moore or conflict theorist such as Marx would view them. Exploring the Aztecs society widened the point of view in which today's society is based.

If I lived in this society and I had the choice then I would be either a noble or a merchant because of their privileges. But being that they did not have much of a choice then I would probably a commoner or a merchant given my class position in society today. I can see how our society today came from a society in which the Aztecs lived.

The possibility of elimination of the nobles was if they got caught stealing then they would become slaves. Also if they were caught being drunk in public then they would face the penalty of death. Besides those things if nothing drastic happened then they usually kept their positions in the society.

The merchant's position was accepted because they were thought of as being important because of their trade and their ability to make the luxury items needed to signify the nobles. They were important politically because they were spies, warriors, and had the ability to conquer communities. The merchants played a significant role economically also because they provided necessities for the nobles.

The possibility of elimination of the whole class was not really that good because the merchants were so important to the nobles. But individual elimination was like any other class. Basically if you broke the law then you were either punished severely with death or moved down

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