The Incas and Aztecs were two of the largest native empires in America. These groups were similar and different in many ways. The Incas were very into trading. They would trade their own creations amongst one another, from Inca to Inca. Although they did have some very talented creations they were not allowed to become their own merchant. The most popular creation was cloth, they were very well known for their cloth production. While there were people making materials for the general necessities there were also peasant who played a different role. The peasants grew crops and performed hard manual labor for their areas. One thing that I found very interesting in my research was that the peasants were actually required to hand over a percentage of their crops to the state. Unlike the Incas the Aztecs would produce their own goods and exchange them outside their empire. The Aztecs were far wealthier than the Incas were and it showed in their produced good they acquired. Like the Incas were known for their cloth production because it was a very difficult thing to produce, the Aztecs were known for their cocoa beans, these were extremely valuable and brought them a lot of profit. One thing that helped them out a lot was their location. They were able to travel and expand themselves whereas the Incas were far more secluded in the mountains. Another very interesting difference between these two were that in the Aztec community there was never really any complete control or assigned roles, Whereas the Incans were very heavily monitored and had specific roles and duties assigned to each class of people.

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Aztec vs. Incas. Amrita K., Mike C., Alex M. and Uggi L.