Nahua (Aztecs): words for a city's temples, rulers and trades
Calpolli and their temples, huei teocalli, tecpan, pipiltin and macehualtin, pochteca, tlacuilos (c. 1400-1520). Names only: a culture changes no figure of the city, it gives the sheet its words.
| On the sheet | In this culture |
|---|---|
| Its places of worship | Its calpolli temples |
| Quarter of the places of worship | Around the teocalli |
| Quarter of the places of worship: where it lies | around the huei teocalli, the great temple, and the calpolli temples. |
| Quarter of the powerful: where it lies | in the safest place, near the tecpan, the lord's palace from which the town is governed. |
| Clergy | Priests (tlamacazqui) |
| Notables | Pipiltin (nobles) |
| Scribes and public writers | Tlacuilos (codex painters) |
| Guards | Warriors |
| Physicians and healers | Healers (tizitl) |
| Bakers and cooks | Tortilla sellers |
| Brewers and taverners | Octli (pulque) brewers |
| Merchants | Pochteca (long-distance merchants) |
Hear it
- The town: Fantasy Medieval City (album RPG Ambiences Vol. 6)
- The market: Medieval Village Marketplace (on Patreon, Guardian tier)
- Around the places of worship: City Temple (album RPG Ambiences Vol. 6)
- The upper town: Manor Room in Wealthy District (on Patreon, Guardian tier)
- The fire trades: Medieval Industrial District (on Patreon, Guardian tier)
Other cultures
Medieval Europe, Imperial Rome, Medieval Arab-Persian world, Inca (Quechua), Song China, Mali (Mande), Dwarven (fantasy)
Orders of magnitude for play: sourced figures and Hearth estimates together. Every source, and every figure still waiting for one, is listed in the builder under Sources.
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