May 02, 2009

Warrior training: Calmecac


The elites in all of these societies were highly trained militarized leadership. From early age each of the Mesoamerican societies used commoners to form the basic infantry with elites being as officers. The elites were members of a special military order called the cuachicqueh “the shorn ones”.

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  1. The elites in all of these societies were highly trained militarized leadership. From early age each of the Mesoamerican societies used commoners to form the basic infantry with elites being as officers. The elites were members of a special military order called the cuachicqueh “the shorn ones”.

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