The book The daily life of the Aztecs: on the eve of the Spanish conquest, written by Jacques Soustelle, offers an in-depth insight into the Aztec people and their immersive culture. This book is set in Tenochtitlan and covers the span of the Aztec civilization until the invasion of the Spanish conquistadors. This book brilliantly discusses the Aztec civilization like never before. I hope to show the importance of Aztec religion and education to their society as a whole. 1) The Aztecs, like most societies, had a type of class structure. There were two main classes. The first was the class of nobles or pilli. The second class were the commoners or macehaulli. There were also many subsets of these groups who had different responsibilities in social life. Nobility was thought to be mostly hereditary. Nobles were educated from a young age to be leaders in Aztec society. However, ordinary people had a variety of career choices. They were farmers, traders and may even have been athletes. Art, social events, and religion were all an important part of Aztec culture. The Aztecs had a game known as Ullamaliztli and the athletes who participated in these games were something of a celebrity in Aztec culture. One interesting thing about their culture was compulsory education. Once women and men were properly educated, it would be time to marry. Marriages in Aztec culture were arranged and were also closely intertwined with religion. There are many fascinating things about Aztec culture, but perhaps the most important to them was their religion. 2) The Aztec religion is a very complex belief system. Like most polytheistic belief systems, the Aztec one has more important deities than others. It's a type of hierarchy of go... in the center of the card... very brightly colored and edgy. Their architecture was very similar to their art. They considered architecture highly valued and were very proud of it. They often built very large temples of worship and very rarely demolished old structures. Overall the Aztecs had a wide range of fascinating art, technology and architecture. Ultimately I believe that the clash between Cortez and the Aztecs was truly inevitable. The Spanish, like all humans, suffered from the need to explore and dominate. It is human nature to wonder what awaits us around the world. The Spanish were trying to discover new lands. When they came across the extraordinarily interesting civilization that is the Aztecs, their lust for power and the news of Cortez's men being killed at Totonac left them no choice but to conquer these people and claim their possessions as their own..