Aztec Vs Inca Comparison Essay

The Aztecs and Incas were both very advanced empires for their times. Although they were both very advanced one was more advanced than the other. The Aztec empire was more advanced than the Incas. Through their political, social, and cultural developments the Aztecs show that they were more advanced than the Incas in every aspect. The Incas were not a dumb empire, in fact they were very advanced too they just didn’t come close to the Aztecs.
The political developments of the Aztecs were way more advanced than the Incas. The Aztecs had emperors who were elected by a council of nobles. This political system is the closest an ancient empire has came to democracy besides Rome. The Incas had an emperor they believed was a descendant from the sun. This was very similar to all of the other empires during the same time. Both empires were run by their emperors.
The social developments of both empires were pretty similar to each other. They both had a strict social class of hierarchy. The Incas hierarchy was much more complicated and confusing than the Aztecs. The Aztecs social classes were nobles, commoners, serfs, slaves. The Incas had almost three times more social classes than the Aztecs. The Inca’s social classes included the Ruler, Sapa Inca, his wives, high priest, army commander, military, temple priests, merchants and middle class, sorcerers, …show more content…
The Aztecs were so advanced with their cultural developments that you could have placed one in current day North America and they would easily adapt. The Aztecs were the only ancient civilization that had mandatory education. All children, boys and girls, low class and high class went to school. Girls were taught how to take care of a home both physically and economically. The Aztec women actually had a lot of power in their lives. In contrast, the Incas had no written language and boys were taught agriculture and girls were taught how to make