Aztec: The Death of a Nation: As Told by the Conquerors and the Conquered - Couverture souple

Pearce, Kenneth

 
9781410780041: Aztec: The Death of a Nation: As Told by the Conquerors and the Conquered
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 141078004X ISBN 13 : 9781410780041
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2003

Synopsis

The Aztec Empire was born on a swampy, pestilent island in the Valley of Mexico, its people no more than vassals of the surrounding tribes. In a period of 75 years, however, four great kings forged a nation of 38 provinces populated by 20 million people, and their capital, Tenochtitlan, rivaled Constantinople. Their form of government was a sun-worshiping theocracy headed by a priest-king, and their religion demanded human sacrifice on a scale rarely seen in history. Yet this mighty nation crumbled in less than 19 months before a small company of Spaniards. The key to this catastrophic collapse lies in the personality of Moctezuma II. Once a feared warrior-king, he fell victim to his own fears. Unfavorable prognostications drove him to the brink of suicide even before the Spaniards arrived, and their coming, he believed, marked the end of his reign. Aboriginal Aztec accounts, Spanish and Aztec eyewitnesses, and descendants of Aztec royalty present their story of the rise of the Empire and the Conquest, one of the great epic adventures of history. Previous books by author The View from the Top of the Temple Ancient Maya Civilization and Modern Maya Culture A Traveler's History of Mexico.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Aztec Empire was born on a swampy, pestilent island in the Valley of Mexico, its people no more than vassals of the surrounding tribes. In a period of 75 years, however, four great kings forged a nation of 38 provinces populated by 20 million people, and their capital, Tenochtitlan, rivaled Constantinople. Their form of government was a sun-worshiping theocracy headed by a priest-king, and their religion demanded human sacrifice on a scale rarely seen in history. Yet this mighty nation crumbled in less than 19 months before a small company of Spaniards. The key to this catastrophic collapse lies in the personality of Moctezuma II. Once a feared warrior-king, he fell victim to his own fears. Unfavorable prognostications drove him to the brink of suicide even before the Spaniards arrived, and their coming, he believed, marked the end of his reign. Aboriginal Aztec accounts, Spanish and Aztec eyewitnesses, and descendants of Aztec royalty present their story of the rise of the Empire and the Conquest, one of the great epic adventures of history. Previous books by author The View from the Top of the Temple Ancient Maya Civilization and Modern Maya Culture A Traveler's History of Mexico.

Biographie de l'auteur

Kenneth Pearce has pursued studies of the early cultures of Mexico and Central America for 20 years. His first book, The View from the Top of the Temple. Ancient Maya Civilization and Modem Maya Culure, published by University of New Mexico Press, combines the archaeologist's focus on the activities of the ancient Maya with the anthropologist's view of the cultural patterns among the modem Maya peasant. The book was written for the general reader as well as the scholar, and covers northern Yucatan, the deep rain forests of the Maya, and the highlands of Mexico and Guatemala. His second book, A Traveler's History of Mexico, traces the evolution of Mexican culture from its earliest civilizations to the present day.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
141078004X
ISBN 13 
9781410780041
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Nombre de pages
456
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