ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the Aztec Empire changes. The existence of Aztec storehouses is the presence in the documentary sources of people in charge of the collection and administration of tribute. For the Mexica case, there are two different types of evidence: administrators residing in the royal palace at Tenochtitlan and those who were in towns and provinces subject to the Aztec Empire. The empire's tribute system required a complex administrative organization for keeping the accounts, watching the caravans, and controlling the tributaries. The Aztec Empire collected great quantities of goods, and following Carrasco, Tlacopan, and Texcoco. Tlacopan and Tenochtitlan had storehouses in the other capitals, such as Texcoco. Outside Tenochtitlan, because of the enormous differences in city sizes, the storehouses for local consumption have been smaller. When the Triple Alliance defeated Azcapotzalco, the dynasty shifted from Azcapotzalco to Tenochtitlan, and the local dynasties were realigned.
