Environment they adapt in order to sustain in the Valley of Mexico settled in the Valley of Mexico near lake texcoco marshy conquered their neighboring tribes their territory stretched from pacific ocean west to atlantic east Food and food source maize beans and squash chilies and tomatoes and limes and cashews and potatoes and sweet potatoes and peanuts and chocolate bees for honey and turkey for meat and eggs and wolves and duck deer and rabbits and iguana and fish and shrimp grasshoppers and worms algae high protein Clothing upper class people wore clothes made of cotton clothing was dyed and decorated with embroidery and feathers lower class people wore simple clothes often made from the fibers of maguey leaves spun into thread and woven children wore similar clothes as their parents merchants could wear a little fringe at each end of a loincloth and perhaps a small amount of embroidery to designate their superior status to the normal peasant the military had uniquely colored and designed clothing that showed to which group of warriors they belonged to boy and men slaves both wore simple loincloths some tied at the shoulder some tied at the waist women wore long skirts tied at the waist and a sleeveless or a short sleeve blouses as women moved up the social scale their clothing became more decorated and dyed to show their status priests had a special garment they always wore this special garment was a sleeveless waistcoat that stopped above their knees rulers such as kings emperors queens ect wore the most decorated clothes
