Mesoamerica: Maya, Inca, and Aztec

      Mayan Social Structure

• Maya society was rigidly divided between nobles, commoners, serfs, and slaves. The noble class was complex and specialized. Noble status and the occupation in which a noble served were passed on through elite family lineages.
  
  Aztec Social Structure

• The Aztecs followed a strict social hierarchy in which individuals were identified as nobles (pipiltin),commoners (macehualtin), serfs, or slaves. The noble class consisted of government and military leaders, high level priests, and lords (tecuhtli).
  
  Incan Social Structure

• King or high priest, council (often the royal family), nobles, merchants and artisans, farmers and slaves.