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| 17736. AZTEC MILITARY ORGANIZATION & STRUCTURE. This paper provides an overview and analysis of Aztec military structure and organization. Among the topics considered are how the Aztec Army was fielded, the rank structure of the Aztec military, military training, the function of the military in larger society, whether or not the Aztecs had what could have been considered a “professional army”, and how the Aztec military compared to the Spanish military it encountered in the early 16th century. Consistent with the position put forth by Aztec historian Ross Hassig (1988), it is argued that the debate over the “professional” status of the Aztec army is really just a matter of semantics. Although the Aztec military did not conform to European standards of professional armies for that era, the Aztecs nevertheless had a complex military organization and a “professional” army within the context of the Aztec economy and culture. KEYWORDS: aztecs mesoamerican history military structure army rank military organization cortes mexican conquest. 21 pages, 41 footnotes, 12 bibliographic sources. 6,270 words |
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