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3) Aztec
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Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, map ; 21 x 24 cm.
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"Five hundred years ago, in November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always from the point of view of the Europeans. After all, we have been taught, it was the Europeans who held the pens. But the Native Americans were more intrigued by the Roman alphabet than the Spaniards...
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Description
Susan Kellogg's history of the Aztecs offers a concise yet comprehensive assessment of Aztec history and civilization, emphasizing how material life and the economy functioned in relation to politics, religion, and intellectual and artistic developments. Appreciating the vast number of sources available but also their limitations, Kellogg focuses on three concepts throughout - value, transformation, and balance. Aztecs created value, material, and...
11) Aztec rage
Author
Series
Aztec historical novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
428 p. ; 25 cm.
12) Aztec news
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Description
Uses a newspaper format to present articles about the history, politics, fashion, food, daily life, and afterlife of the ancient Aztecs.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
ix, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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A highly readable narrative of the causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish Conquest, incorporating the perspectives of many Native groups, Black slaves, and the conquistadors. Five hundred years ago, a flotilla landed on the coast of Yucat̀n under the command of the Spanish conquistador Ȟrnan Corťs. While the official goal of the expedition was to explore and to expand the Christian faith, everyone involved knew that it was primarily...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
398 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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In modern Mexico, Sitlali is all alone after the death of her beloved abuela. Targeted by a dangerous gang member, she flees to the United States. As a memento, she takes with her an ancient conch shell. In 1521, Calizto is trapped in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. He has fought valiantly for his people against Spanish invaders, but hope is fading. Desperate, he takes up a sacred conch and sounds a plea to the gods. The conch holds magic neither...
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"Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careers--and hearts--in ruins. Archaeologist Dr. Socorro "Corrie" Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally. It's been Corrie's life goal to lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle in search of the long-lost remains of her ancestor, Chimalli, an ancient warrior of the Aztec empire. But when she is invited to join an all-expenses-paid dig to do just that, Corrie...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
210 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
"Basándose en sus investigaciones sobre las herramientas y prácticas esenciales de los chamanes y curanderos mesoamericanos, en particular de los antiguos yucatecas, mexicas (aztecas) y mayas, Érika Buenaflor nos enseña, paso a paso, a realizar la práctica más común del curanderismo: las limpiezas. Estos ritos chamánicos de purificación sirven para limpiar y revitalizar tanto a las personas como a los espacios, usando hierbas, flores,...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiii, 425 pages : color illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
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"Fifteen-year old crown prince Acolmiztli wants nothing more than to see his city-state of Tetzcoco thrive. A singer, poet, and burgeoning philosophical mind, he has big plans about infrastructure projects and cultural initiatives that will bring honor to his family and help his people flourish. But the two sides of his family, the kingdoms of Mexico and Acolhuacan, have been at war his entire life - after his father risked the wrath of the Tepanec...
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