Book IX: The Merchants
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Book IX: The Merchants is a section of the Florentine Codex that details the lives, roles, and practices of Aztec merchants within pre-Hispanic Nahua society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book IX: The Merchants canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book IX: The Merchants Context triple: [Florentine Codex, hasPart, Book IX: The Merchants]
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Book 9
Book 9 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s theological work *The City of God*, focusing on the nature and role of angels and demons in relation to God and humanity.
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Book IX
Book IX is a later volume of Leonardo Bruni’s "History of the Florentine People," continuing his humanist narrative of Florence’s political and civic development.
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Book IX
Book IX is a section of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics that focuses largely on friendship, self-love, and the relationship between individual virtue and the good of others.
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Book VIII
Book VIII is one of the later volumes of Leonardo Bruni’s humanist historical work *History of the Florentine People*, continuing his account of Florence’s political and civic life.
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Book VIII
Book VIII is a section of Aristotle’s zoological treatise "History of Animals" that continues his systematic observations and classifications of animal life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book IX: The Merchants Target entity description: Book IX: The Merchants is a section of the Florentine Codex that details the lives, roles, and practices of Aztec merchants within pre-Hispanic Nahua society.
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A.
Book 9
Book 9 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s theological work *The City of God*, focusing on the nature and role of angels and demons in relation to God and humanity.
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B.
Book IX
Book IX is a later volume of Leonardo Bruni’s "History of the Florentine People," continuing his humanist narrative of Florence’s political and civic development.
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C.
Book IX
Book IX is a section of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics that focuses largely on friendship, self-love, and the relationship between individual virtue and the good of others.
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D.
Book VIII
Book VIII is a section of Aristotle’s zoological treatise "History of Animals" that continues his systematic observations and classifications of animal life.
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E.
Book VIII
Book VIII is one of the later volumes of Leonardo Bruni’s humanist historical work *History of the Florentine People*, continuing his account of Florence’s political and civic life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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ethnographic text ⓘ |
| aimedToDocument |
indigenous customs
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indigenous economy ⓘ indigenous religion ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Franciscan Order ⓘ |
| associatedWork | General History of the Things of New Spain ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ |
| contains |
descriptions of merchant education
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descriptions of merchant ranks ⓘ descriptions of merchant rituals ⓘ descriptions of merchant travel ⓘ descriptions of tribute and trade goods ⓘ |
| createdIn | 16th century ⓘ |
| cultureDescribed |
Aztec civilization
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linked to:
Aztec culture
Nahua peoples ⓘ
linked to:
Nahua
|
| describes |
Aztec merchants
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Nahua merchants ⓘ |
| ethnographicRegion | Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| focusesOn | pre-Hispanic Nahua society ⓘ |
| genre |
colonial Mesoamerican chronicle
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ethnohistorical source ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | Central Mexico ⓘ |
| hasNumberInSeries | 9 ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Book IX: The Merchants ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed |
Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
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linked to:
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| language |
Nahuatl
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| medium | manuscript ⓘ |
| originalCollectionLocation |
New Spain
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linked to:
Viceroyalty of New Spain
|
| originalScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| partOf | Florentine Codex ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
economic activities of merchants
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long-distance trade ⓘ market practices ⓘ merchant guilds ⓘ religious practices of merchants ⓘ social roles of merchants ⓘ trade networks ⓘ |
| usedFor |
study of Aztec social structure
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study of Aztec trade ⓘ study of Nahua economic systems ⓘ |
| writtenAsPartOf | missionary ethnography ⓘ |
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