The Aztecs and Incas played an important role in early Native American civilizations. They were similar and different in their treatment of women, economics, and intellectual achievement. Economically, both civilizations used trade, tribute, and agriculture to build their economies. However, the Aztecs had a more mixed economy, used trade more frequently than the Incas, and had a merchant class while the Inca civilization had more government control. Intellectually, both civilizations achieved achievements in fields such as architecture and art; however, the Inca Empire achieved a wider range of achievements, ignoring their lack of writing. In both civilizations, women had a hard life and were undervalued, but when comparing the two, Inca women fared better due to parallel ancestry. Both the Aztec and Inca civilizations used trade, tribute, redistribution of goods, and agriculture to balance their economy. . However, the Aztecs had a more mixed organization, the use of more than one function, used trading markets and had a merchant class, unlike the opposing Inca economy. The Aztecs were more engaged in trade than the Incas, as demonstrated by the trading markets of Tlatelolco. Tlatelolco was a trading market controlled by the merchant class, or Pochteca, and currency development was accomplished using beans and/or gold dust. On the other hand, the Inca had no trading markets because their trade was more informal, without a merchant class or currency. To specifically aid long-distance trade, advanced road systems such as way stations were established. Both civilizations used tribute and were an important aspect of economic organization, but the Aztecs collected goods and the Incas collected labor, mita. ... half of the card ... she is allowed to leave lands and wealth to her daughters when she dies. Aztec women were allowed to inherit land but were not promised. In both civilizations, women wove clothes and patterns. The clothes that Inca women wove had a more religious and sacred background and were created to be worn by kings and royal families. The weaving that Aztec women did was less religious and was primarily for people in their family or community. To summarize, the Aztecs and Incas have economic similarities and differences in trade, agriculture, and tribute techniques. The economy of the Aztecs was more mixed and had a prevalent merchant class while the Incas had more government control. Intellectually, both civilizations recorded data in some way, had amazing architecture, and improved their agriculture. Women in both civilizations were treated harshly, but those under Inca rule were little better.