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Ancient Americas: Teotihuacan

The Ancients

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The Paradox of Femininity in the Aztecs

Women were supposed to make cloth it was one of the most important economic contributions of a woman and her household. Women who died in childbirth went from zenith to dusk which isn't quite as noble because it's the dying sun it's the setting sun. There was probably some propaganda to actually have children you know to ask when to have children and having children is dangerous we think of it as this thing that women do.

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