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Author by : David Carrasco
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2012-01-26
Publisher by : OUP USA
ISBN : 9780195379389
Illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry, and philosophy, who were also profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and through warfare....
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Author by : Dirk R. Van Tuerenhout
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2005
Publisher by : ABC-CLIO
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173017075406
"In only two centuries, the Aztecs conquered an area from the present location of Mexico City to both coasts of Mexico. They built a city that inspired awe in the Spanish invaders; built irrigation canals, aqueducts, and roads; developed productive agricultural techniques; produced art and architecture that is still admired; had one of the few writing systems in pre-Columbian America; and were accomplished mathematicians and astronomers. The Aztecs details not just the well-known aspects of war and empire, but also the whole of Aztec life. It draws on a wealth of information to present the first balanced and complete account of one of the great New World cultures."--BOOK JACKET....
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Author by : Inga Clendinnen
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2014-05-15
Publisher by : Cambridge University Press
ISBN : 9781107693562
Recreates the culture of the city of Tenochtitlan in its last unthreatened years before it fell to the Spaniards....
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Author by : John Malam
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2003
Publisher by : Evans Brothers
ISBN : 0237525984
Remains to be Seen is a fascinating series which looks at the past through the archeological evidence that remains today. Exploring the Aztecs discusses who the Aztecs were, and how their ancient civilisation in Mexico developed. Who was Moctezuma, and what was it like to live in Tenochititian, the Aztec capital city built on a lake? The reader is taken on a guided tour of the Aztec world, exploring their capital city, and discovering a world of emperors, nobles, priests, warriors, commoners and slaves who belonged to one of the greatest civilizations in the Americas....
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Author by : Elizabeth Raum
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2011
Publisher by : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN : 9781432937447
Profiles the Aztecs, their history, culture, and what contributions they made to modern society....
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Author by : Davide Domenici
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2007
Publisher by : White Star
ISBN : UOM:39015074057434
The origins of a civilizationThe great capitals of the classic periodFrom the fall of the classic states to the rise of the Toltec stateThe populations of the northThe Aztecs.ChronologyThe origins of a civilizationThe great capitals of the classic periodFrom the fall of the classic states to the rise of the Toltec stateThe populations of the northThe Aztecs....
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Author by : Richard F. Townsend
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2009
Publisher by :
ISBN : UOM:39015084118796
Richard Townsend gives the complete history of the Aztec civilization's rise from humble nomads to empire builders....
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Author by : Matt Doeden
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2009-08-01
Publisher by : Millbrook Press
ISBN : 9780822586845
Introduces the history, daily life, religion, social customs, and inventions of the Aztecs, along with descriptions of Tenochtitlan, its largest city....
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Author by : Fernando Horcasitas
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1979
Publisher by :
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172012538848
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Author by : Gary Jennings
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2006-05-16
Publisher by : Macmillan
ISBN : 0765317508
The epic tale of an Aztec survivor of the Spanish conquest and his times as a warrior, scribe, travelling merchant, confidant of Motecuhzoma II, and envoy to the invading Spaniards....