Author: Felipe Solis Olguin
Publisher: Guggenheim Museum
ISBN: 9780892073160
Category : Aztec art
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The ultimate exploration of early 16th century Aztec culture features over 500 archaeological objects and works from Mexico and the United States, including jewelry, works of precious metals, and household and ceremonial artifactsQmany of which have never been exhibited before in the U.S. 0-89207-316-0$85.00 / DAP / Distributed Arts Publishers
The Aztec Empire
Author: Felipe Solis Olguin
Publisher: Guggenheim Museum
ISBN: 9780892073160
Category : Aztec art
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The ultimate exploration of early 16th century Aztec culture features over 500 archaeological objects and works from Mexico and the United States, including jewelry, works of precious metals, and household and ceremonial artifactsQmany of which have never been exhibited before in the U.S. 0-89207-316-0$85.00 / DAP / Distributed Arts Publishers
Publisher: Guggenheim Museum
ISBN: 9780892073160
Category : Aztec art
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The ultimate exploration of early 16th century Aztec culture features over 500 archaeological objects and works from Mexico and the United States, including jewelry, works of precious metals, and household and ceremonial artifactsQmany of which have never been exhibited before in the U.S. 0-89207-316-0$85.00 / DAP / Distributed Arts Publishers
Cortés and the Downfall of the Aztec Empire
Author: Jon Manchip White
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Parallels the historical backgrounds and human motivations of the Spaniards and Aztecs, as they grapple in the life-and-death battle for the Aztec Empire.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Parallels the historical backgrounds and human motivations of the Spaniards and Aztecs, as they grapple in the life-and-death battle for the Aztec Empire.
Tenochtitlan
Author: José Luis de Rojas
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813059461
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire before the Spanish conquest, rivaled any other great city of its time. In Europe, only Paris, Venice, and Constantinople were larger. Cradled in the Valley of Mexico, the city is unique among New World capitals in that it was well-described and chronicled by the conquistadors who subsequently demolished it. This means that, though centuries of redevelopment have frustrated efforts to access the ancient city’s remains, much can be told about its urban landscape, politics, economy, and religion. While Tenochtitlan commands a great deal of attention from archaeologists and Mesoamerican scholars, very little has been written about the city for a non-technical audience in English. In this fascinating book, eminent expert José Luis de Rojas presents an accessible yet authoritative exploration of this famous city--interweaving glimpses into its inhabitants’ daily lives with the broader stories of urbanization, culture, and the rise and fall of the Aztec empire.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813059461
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire before the Spanish conquest, rivaled any other great city of its time. In Europe, only Paris, Venice, and Constantinople were larger. Cradled in the Valley of Mexico, the city is unique among New World capitals in that it was well-described and chronicled by the conquistadors who subsequently demolished it. This means that, though centuries of redevelopment have frustrated efforts to access the ancient city’s remains, much can be told about its urban landscape, politics, economy, and religion. While Tenochtitlan commands a great deal of attention from archaeologists and Mesoamerican scholars, very little has been written about the city for a non-technical audience in English. In this fascinating book, eminent expert José Luis de Rojas presents an accessible yet authoritative exploration of this famous city--interweaving glimpses into its inhabitants’ daily lives with the broader stories of urbanization, culture, and the rise and fall of the Aztec empire.
City of Sacrifice
Author: David Carrasco
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807046432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
At an excavation of the Great Aztec Temple in Mexico City, amid carvings of skulls and a dismembered warrior goddess, David Carrasco stood before a container filled with the decorated bones of infants and children. It was the site of a massive human sacrifice, and for Carrasco the center of fiercely provocative questions: If ritual violence against humans was a profound necessity for the Aztecs in their capital city, is it central to the construction of social order and the authority of city states? Is civilization built on violence? In City of Sacrifice,Carrasco chronicles the fascinating story of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, investigating Aztec religious practices and demonstrating that religious violence was integral to urbanization; the city itself was a temple to the gods. That Mexico City, the largest city on earth, was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, is a point Carrasco poignantly considers in his comparison of urban life from antiquity to modernity. Majestic in scope, City of Sacrifice illuminates not only the rich history of a major Meso american city but also the inseparability of two passionate human impulses: urbanization and religious engagement. It has much to tell us about many familiar events in our own time, from suicide bombings in Tel Aviv to rape and murder in the Balkans.
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807046432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
At an excavation of the Great Aztec Temple in Mexico City, amid carvings of skulls and a dismembered warrior goddess, David Carrasco stood before a container filled with the decorated bones of infants and children. It was the site of a massive human sacrifice, and for Carrasco the center of fiercely provocative questions: If ritual violence against humans was a profound necessity for the Aztecs in their capital city, is it central to the construction of social order and the authority of city states? Is civilization built on violence? In City of Sacrifice,Carrasco chronicles the fascinating story of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, investigating Aztec religious practices and demonstrating that religious violence was integral to urbanization; the city itself was a temple to the gods. That Mexico City, the largest city on earth, was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, is a point Carrasco poignantly considers in his comparison of urban life from antiquity to modernity. Majestic in scope, City of Sacrifice illuminates not only the rich history of a major Meso american city but also the inseparability of two passionate human impulses: urbanization and religious engagement. It has much to tell us about many familiar events in our own time, from suicide bombings in Tel Aviv to rape and murder in the Balkans.
The Aztec Empire
Author: Sunita Apte
Publisher: C. Press/F. Watts Trade
ISBN: 9780531252277
Category : Aztecs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides information about the Aztec empire, discussing Tenochtitlán, daily life, ruins, and other related topics.
Publisher: C. Press/F. Watts Trade
ISBN: 9780531252277
Category : Aztecs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides information about the Aztec empire, discussing Tenochtitlán, daily life, ruins, and other related topics.
Fifth Sun
Author: Camilla Townsend
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190673060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Fifth Sun offers a comprehensive history of the Aztecs, spanning the period before conquest to a century after the conquest, based on rarely-used Nahuatl-language sources written by the indigenous people.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190673060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Fifth Sun offers a comprehensive history of the Aztecs, spanning the period before conquest to a century after the conquest, based on rarely-used Nahuatl-language sources written by the indigenous people.
The Aztec Empire
Author: Imogen Greenberg
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 9781847809506
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Learn everything you need to know about the Ancient Aztecs, and some of the things they'd rather you didn't find out! Packed full of facts and witty asides, this book, which includes a fold-out map and timeline, uses comic strips to explore a different theme or topic on every spread. Created by graphic novelist Isabel Greenberg and her sister, Imogen Greenberg, the Discover… series offers a fresh and accessible entry point to history for children 8+.
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 9781847809506
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Learn everything you need to know about the Ancient Aztecs, and some of the things they'd rather you didn't find out! Packed full of facts and witty asides, this book, which includes a fold-out map and timeline, uses comic strips to explore a different theme or topic on every spread. Created by graphic novelist Isabel Greenberg and her sister, Imogen Greenberg, the Discover… series offers a fresh and accessible entry point to history for children 8+.
The Aztec Empire
Author: Jane Bingham
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781410927378
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A description of life in the Aztec empire written in the form of a travel guide.
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781410927378
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A description of life in the Aztec empire written in the form of a travel guide.
The Rise and Fall of the Aztec Empire
Author: Joan Stoltman
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1534563105
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Students are taught that the Aztecs were destroyed by Hernán Cortéz, the conqueror of Mexico. However, there is much to learn about who the Aztec people were before they were conquered. The native Mexicans were part of a rich and vibrant culture that spanned hundreds of years. To understand this complicated society, readers are provided with an engaging main text and colorful photographs and historical images. Informative sidebars throughout detail the long history, and sudden defeat, of the Aztec Empire.
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1534563105
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Students are taught that the Aztecs were destroyed by Hernán Cortéz, the conqueror of Mexico. However, there is much to learn about who the Aztec people were before they were conquered. The native Mexicans were part of a rich and vibrant culture that spanned hundreds of years. To understand this complicated society, readers are provided with an engaging main text and colorful photographs and historical images. Informative sidebars throughout detail the long history, and sudden defeat, of the Aztec Empire.
The Aztec Empire
Author: Nicholas J. Saunders
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781403448392
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Aztec life is revealed through the excavations of historical sites and the objects uncovered.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781403448392
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Aztec life is revealed through the excavations of historical sites and the objects uncovered.