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Aztec warfare — Wikipedia (en)

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  title = {Aztec warfare — Wikipedia (en)},
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  url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_warfare},
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Aztec warfare concerns the aspects associated with the military conventions, forces, weaponry and strategic expansions conducted by the Late Postclassic Aztec civilizations of Mesoamerica, including particularly the military history of the Aztec Triple Alliance involving the city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, Tlacopan and other allied polities of the central Mexican region. This united the Mexica, Apulteca, and Chichimeca people through marriages. The Aztec armed forces were typically made up of a large number of commoners (yāōquīzqueh [jaː.oːˈkiːskeʔ], "those who have gone to war") who possessed extensive military training, and a smaller but still considerable number of highly professional warriors belonging to the nobility (pīpiltin [piːˈpiɬtin]) and who were organized into warrior societies and ranked according to their achievements. The Aztec state's primary purpose was political expansion and dominance of and exaction of tribute from other city-states, a purpose that relied on constant warfare. Aztec society was also centered on warfare: every Aztec male received basic military training from an early age and one of the few possible opportunities of upward social mobility for commoners (mācehualtin [maːseˈwaɬtin]) was through military achievement, especially the taking of captives (māltin [ˈmaːɬtin], singular malli). Thus only specifically chosen men served in the military. The sacrifice of war captives was an important part of many of the Aztec religious festivals. Warfare was thus the main driving force of both Aztec economy and religion.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Aztec warfare» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_warfare
Wikidata Q1935270: «aspetti associati alle convenzioni militari, alle forze, agli armamenti ed all'espansione strategica condotta dalla tarda civiltà azteca mesoamericana» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1935270
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