Bibliograph

The Aztecs, a very short introduction, Davíd Carrasco

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The Aztecs, a very short introduction, Davíd Carrasco

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Aztecs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

726821242

Responsibility statement

Davíd Carrasco

Series statement

Very short introductions, 296

Sub title

a very short introduction

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

The city of Tenochtitlan : center of the Aztec world -- Aztec foundations : Aztlan, cities, peoples -- Aztec expansion through conquest and trade -- Cosmovision and human sacrifice -- Women and children : weavers of life and precious necklaces -- Wordplay, philosophy, sculpture -- The fall of the Aztec empire -- The return of the Aztecs

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