Fifth Sun

Fifth Sun
Author: Camilla Townsend
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2019
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190673060

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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 Aztecs

The Aztecs
Author: Richard F. Townsend
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN:

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Richard Townsend gives the complete history of the Aztec civilization's rise from humble nomads to empire builders.

The Aztecs

The Aztecs
Author: Frances F. Berdan
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2021-06-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789143616

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In this rich and surprising book, Frances F. Berdan shines fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, etiquette, origin myths, and human sacrifice. While the Aztecs are often described as “stone age,” their achievements were remarkable. They constructed lofty temples and produced fine arts in precious stones, gold, and shimmering feathers. They crafted beautiful poetry and studied the sciences. They had schools and libraries, entrepreneurs and money, and a bewildering array of deities and dramatic ceremonies. Based on the latest research and lavishly illustrated, this book reveals the Aztecs to have created a civilization of sophistication and finesse.

Mexico

Mexico
Author: Michael D. Coe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN:

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Masterly....The complexities of Mexico's ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.--Library Journal

The Codex Mexicanus

The Codex Mexicanus
Author: Lori Boornazian Diel
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2018-12-12
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1477316736

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Some sixty years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico, a group of Nahua intellectuals in Mexico City set about compiling an extensive book of miscellanea, which was recorded in pictorial form with alphabetic texts in Nahuatl clarifying some imagery or adding new information altogether. This manuscript, known as the Codex Mexicanus, includes records pertaining to the Aztec and Christian calendars, European medical astrology, a genealogy of the Tenochca royal house, and an annals history of pre-conquest Tenochtitlan and early colonial Mexico City, among other topics. Though filled with intriguing information, the Mexicanus has long defied a comprehensive scholarly analysis, surely due to its disparate contents. In this pathfinding volume, Lori Boornazian Diel presents the first thorough study of the entire Codex Mexicanus that considers its varied contents in a holistic manner. She provides an authoritative reading of the Mexicanus’s contents and explains what its creation and use reveal about native reactions to and negotiations of colonial rule in Mexico City. Diel makes sense of the codex by revealing how its miscellaneous contents find counterparts in Spanish books called Reportorios de los tiempos. Based on the medieval almanac tradition, Reportorios contain vast assortments of information related to the issue of time, as does the Mexicanus. Diel masterfully demonstrates that, just as Reportorios were used as guides to living in early modern Spain, likewise the Codex Mexicanus provided its Nahua audience a guide to living in colonial New Spain.

The Aztecs

The Aztecs
Author: Michael E. Smith
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1118257197

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The Aztecs brings to life one of the best-known indigenous civilizations of the Americas in a vivid, comprehensive account of the ancient Aztecs. A thorough examination of Aztec origins and civilization including religion, science, and thought Incorporates the latest archaeological excavations and research into explanations of the Spanish conquest and the continuity of Aztec culture in Central Mexico Expanded coverage includes key topics such as writing, music, royal tombs, and Aztec predictions of the end of the world

At Home with the Aztecs

At Home with the Aztecs
Author: Michael Ernest Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN: 9781138100756

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At Home with the Aztecs provides a fresh view of Aztec society, focusing on households and communities instead of kings, pyramids, and human sacrifice. This new approach offers an opportunity to humanize the Aztecs, moving past the popular stereotype of sacrificial maniacs to demonstrate that these were successful and prosperous communities. Michael Smith also engagingly describes the scientific, logistic and personal dimensions of archaeological fieldwork, drawing on decades of excavating experience and considering how his research was affected by his interaction with contemporary Mexican communities. Through first-hand accounts of the ways archaeologists interpret sites and artifacts, the book illuminates how the archaeological process can provide information about ancient families. Facilitating a richer understanding of the Aztec world, Smith's research also redefines success, prosperity and resilience in ancient societies, making this book suitable not only for those interested in the Aztecs but in the examination of complex societies in general.

Warlords of Ancient Mexico

Warlords of Ancient Mexico
Author: Peter G. Tsouras
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1632201798

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Learn the unbelievable true history of the great warrior tribes of Mexico. More than thirteen centuries of incredible spellbinding history are detailed in this intriguing study of the rulers and warriors of Mexico. Dozens of these charismatic leaders of nations and armies are brought to life by the deep research and entertaining storytelling of Peter Tsouras. Tsouras introduces the reader to the colossal personalities of the period: Smoking Frog, the Mexican Machiavelli, the Poet Warlord, the Lion of Anahuac, and others . . . all of them warlords who shaped one of the most significant regions in world history, men who influenced the civilization of half a continent. The warlords of Mexico, for all their fascinating lives and momentous acts, have been largely ignored by writers and historians, but here that disappointing record is put right by a range of detailed biographies that entertain as they inform. Students of the area, historians working in American history, and long-term visitors and tourists to the region will gain a much clearer understanding of the background history of these territories and the men who formed and reformed them. Lavishly illustrated with dozens of photographs and color paintings, Warlords of Ancient Mexico is essential reading for anyone interested in this tumultuous, endlessly captivating period of Central American history. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The Aztecs

The Aztecs
Author: Davide Domenici
Publisher: White Star
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN:

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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.

Ancient Aztecs (eBook)

Ancient Aztecs (eBook)
Author: Lisa Marty
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2006-09-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0787783250

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Welcome to one of the most important societies of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Of the three high civilizations of this region—Olmec, Maya, and Aztec—the Aztecs were the last, flourishing during the final centuries before Hernan Cortes landed on the Gulf Coast of Mexico. The activities in this book provide insight into the history, religion, culture, art, and life of the ancient Aztecs. The eight full-color transparencies at the back of the book (print books) or the included PowerPoint slides (eBooks) can be used alone or with specific activities listed in the table of contents.