Girls were trained in the arts and trades and were educated to form a family. However, the calm cac was only for the nobles' children who will later serve to form new military and religious leaders. Teaching writing was essential too. The Aztecs thought the power of the Gods should be ackonwledged and thanked. Thus, temples were built and many ceremonial rites were held.
Nations come, nations go and that is what happened to the Aztec empire.
They were overpowered by the Spaniards, led by Hernan Cort s, just two years after their arrival in 1521. Their great capitol Tenochtitlan was destroyed completely. In 1982, an estimated 1 million people were of Aztec descent. The Maya was one of the pre-Columbian civilizations of the western hemisphere. The Mayan civilization had a numbering system and is one of the nations who recorded their history through writing.