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Military
virtues became supreme as the state
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religion, and
the desire for more tribute and
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captives for
sacrifice, drove the Aztecs to
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further
conquests.
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The empire
was not integrated; defeated local
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rulers often
remained in place as subordinate
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officials.
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They were left
alone if tribute and labor
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obligations
were met.
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Revolts
against the exactions were ruthlessly
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suppressed.
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The Aztec
system was successful because it
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aimed at
political domination and not direct
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control.
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In the long
run the growing social stresses
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created by
the rise of the pipiltin and the terror
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and tribute
imposed on subjects contributed to
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the empire's
collapse.
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