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- noun Plural form of
pochtecatl .
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An argument might be made that to call a pochteca a mere merchant is like calling Bill Gates a software salesman.
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An argument might be made that to call a pochteca a mere merchant is like calling Bill Gates a software salesman.
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At the time of contact, an Aztec pochteca ruled over the important trading colony at Xicallanco and the surrounding area, while small Chontal communities were scattered along the lower Mamantel and Candelaria rivers.
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At the time of contact, an Aztec pochteca ruled over the important trading colony at Xicallanco and the surrounding area, while small Chontal communities were scattered along the lower Mamantel and Candelaria rivers.
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Functioning as an Aztec CIA, the pochteca were so respected that they were exempted from trial by ordinary tribunals.
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Attacks against pochtecas brought severe retaliation and when a pochteca died in a foreign land he was buried with the honors equal to those of a warrior slain in combat.
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Attacks against pochtecas brought severe retaliation and when a pochteca died in a foreign land he was buried with the honors equal to those of a warrior slain in combat.
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A special type of Aztec merchant who flourished under Moctezuma I was the celebrated pochteca.
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A special type of Aztec merchant who flourished under Moctezuma I was the celebrated pochteca.
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Functioning as an Aztec CIA, the pochteca were so respected that they were exempted from trial by ordinary tribunals.
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