Judge- Mr. Reinhold
Witness 1- Aztec merchant, Pochteca, Ollin Cuatl
Witness 2- Spanish soldier, Aaron Vann
Introduction-
Lawyer- For the start I would like to thank your honour and members of the Jury, taking up your valuable time. My name is Alice Shiaw and as a lawyer, I am here to argue Hernan Cortez was guilty of the crime of destroying the indigenous culture of the Aztecs and I will be defending the Aztecs. I will prove his guilt by providing evidence that the Aztec economy was well organized and the Aztec empire didn’t need to be conquered or destroyed by the Spanish.
Body-
Lawyer- To show my evidence, I would like to define the word, ‘economy’. Economy is a term that associated with production and trade of goods and …show more content…
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History on the net. 2014. Aztec Economy: Regional Markets and Long Distance Trade. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.historyonthenet.com/aztec/aztec-economy-regional-markets-and-long-distance-trade. [Accessed 13 May 2016].
Witness 1- Yes, everyday, there will be thousands of people buying and selling. There was all sort of different goods like bones, feather, jewels, gold, silver, lead, brass, copper, tin, medicine, precious stones and many other things like animals, vegetables and fruits. Merchants sell green vegetables with a large variety that included onions, leek, garlic, water cresses, nasturtium, borage, sorrel, artichokes, golden thistle. The market was divided into squares and different merchandise was sold in different particular street or quarters.
Lawyer- May I have the third exhibit up, is this what you meant by the market was divided into squares? The evidence shows the well organisation of the market and the economy.
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