Pochteca (sing. pochtecatl) were professional, long-distance traveling merchants in the Aztec Empire. They were a small, but important class as they not only facilitated commerce, but also communicated vital information across the empire and beyond its borders. The trade or commerce was referred to as pochtecayotl. The pochteca also traveled outsi...
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(from the article `Mexico`) All these factors served as powerful stimuli to trade. Probably in keeping with an ancient tradition, the merchants (pochteca) of Aztec society were ... ...more in the realm of trade? Or both? It is not possible to be definite in these interpretations; but it is known that among the Aztec of the Late ... ....
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