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Although scholars are not 100% certain, we believe that he would have. We think this is the case because not long after the conquest, there is evidence of Nahuas making what they called “my sick person’s statement”, when, in the last days of life, they would announce which family member was to receive what. On the other hand, all landed property in a sense belonged to the commonweal [community]. The local chief, or king, distributed the lands to families, and could choose to redistribute them if he saw fit.
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Photo (detail from a mural by Fanny Rabel, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City) by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore.