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| l | The nobles
controlled the military and priesthood. |
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| l | Military virtues
infused all society and were linked to the |
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| cult of
sacrifice; they justified the nobility's |
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| predominance. |
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| l | Death in battle
assured eternal life, a reward also going |
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| to women dying in
childbirth. |
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| l | The social gulf
separating nobles from commoners |
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| widened. |
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| l | Social
distinctions were formalized by giving the pipiltin |
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| special clothes
and symbols of rank. |
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