Calmecac

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Aztec school educational institution nobility school religious school

Calmecac was an elite Aztec school where children of nobles received rigorous education in religion, governance, warfare, and high culture to prepare them for leadership roles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aztec school ⓘ
educational institution ⓘ
nobility school ⓘ
religious school ⓘ
admissionCriteria noble birth ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Quetzalcoatl NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tezcatlipoca NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastedWith Telpochcalli NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Aztec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
disciplineStyle ascetic ⓘ
strict ⓘ
educationFocus astronomy ⓘ
calendar knowledge ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
governance ⓘ
high culture ⓘ
history ⓘ
law ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
oratory ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
public speaking ⓘ
religious instruction ⓘ
ritual practice ⓘ
self-discipline ⓘ
singing ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
governanceRole training administrators ⓘ
training judges ⓘ
languageOfInstruction Classical Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED ⓘ
central Mexico ⓘ
militaryRole training officers ⓘ
operatedBy Aztec nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aztec priesthood NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryStudents children of nobles ⓘ
future high officials ⓘ
future priests ⓘ
future rulers ⓘ
region Valley of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousRole teaching ritual calendar ⓘ
teaching sacred hymns ⓘ
training priests ⓘ
socialFunction preparing leaders ⓘ
reproducing noble class ideology ⓘ
training Aztec elite ⓘ
sourceMention Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod Aztec Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Late Postclassic Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ

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telpochcalli → contrastedWith → Calmecac ⓘ
subject surface form: Telpochcalli