Aztec+Economy

**__Aztec Economy﻿__**

=__**﻿Money:**__= The Aztecs were very smart people, They knew the value of money, Aztecs actually had different values of their money. The most common type of money they would use was cocoa beans. -For example the Aztec parents would get 600 cocoa beans for selling one of their children.



Quachtli, a type of cotton was valued a lot more than cocoa beans. Aztecs believed that ten quachtli would let you have a living in Tenochtitlan. =﻿__Trade:__= Many people used cocoa beans and quachtli for trading and buying goods. Tlatelco was the main market for the Aztecs and was located in Tenochtitlan. Almost everybody went to Tlatelco becuase it was thier main market and becuase of its wide selection. If you were to go to this market you would find alot of potters, farmers, and merchants that were selling their produced and products. Almost 60,000 people would go to this market a day! The most common thing they would get were food, clothing, and firewood. =__Transportation:__= The Aztecs had no horses, mules, or any other kind of beasts of burden. So instead they had to travel everywhere by either walking or by using canoes through canals, rivers, or any other type of water ways.

=__Agriculture:__= The basis of the Aztec Economy was made of there agriculture. Farmers grew: -Maize (corn), avocados, beans, squashes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and plenty more to be named. Lowlands provided: -Cotton, papayas, rubber, and cocoa beans.