In this letter we see that commerce, body ornaments, clothes, and religion were not the same. And there were many other cultural di erences between the Aztecs and the European conquerors. Hygiene caused a great impression on Spaniards when they saw Aztec habits. Why were they so surprised? In Medieval times, Europe didn’t have a good sewer system. Bathrooms were not common either. People would often go to the bathroom in a pot, and then throw the contents onto the streets. As a result, the streets were completely fi lthy . Look at the following account about England by Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536).
fi lthy: adj. extremely dirty
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