The Maya and Aztec had a highly ordered world. The Maya lived in a number of citiy states ruled by a 'king'. The Aztecs had an empire controlled by an emperor.
Below the ruler were nobles, then ordinary people and finally slaves.
They dressed according to their rank, with nobles wearing fine clothes, and ordinary people wearing just simple clothes.
Nobles lived in two storey houses, whereas ordinary people lived in houses that were like little mud-brick bungalows.
