Aztec Empire

1325 Tenochitlan is founded

Hernán Cortés recruits conquistadors to take over the city of tenochitlan

The aztec empire begins with a few city states but eventually becomes a tributary empire

the mayans had autonomous city states

a tributary sate means that city states pay tribute to the capital.

A tributary state means that city states pay tribute to the capital

Inca Empire

Tawantasuyu-- Inca Empire formed in the 15th century

Sophisticated systems of construction despite not having a written system as we know it --

one of these systems was called khipu--

they didnt have systems of taxing through coinage so instead members of society dedicate a proportion of their labor to the empire Aka the “Mita” system

a city state is a independent political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding territory