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The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction$
The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction

David Carrasco

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Jan 2012
Print ISBN-13:
9780195379389
Published online:
Sep 2013
DOI:
10.1093/actrade/9780195379389.001.0001
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Contents

  • Front Matter
    • Dedication
    • List of illustrations
    • Preface
  • 1. The city of Tenochtitlan: center of the Aztec world
  • 2. Aztec foundations: Aztlan, cities, peoples
  • 3. Aztec expansion through conquest and trade
  • 4. Cosmovision and human sacrifice
  • 5. Women and children: weavers of life and precious necklaces
  • 6. Wordplay, philosophy, sculpture
  • 7. The fall of the Aztec empire
  • 8. The return of the Aztecs
  • End Matter
    • References
    • Further reading
    • Index

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  • History
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  • Dedication
  • List of illustrations
  • Preface
  • 1. The city of Tenochtitlan: center of the Aztec world
  • 2. Aztec foundations: Aztlan, cities, peoples
  • 3. Aztec expansion through conquest and trade
  • 4. Cosmovision and human sacrifice
  • 5. Women and children: weavers of life and precious necklaces
  • 6. Wordplay, philosophy, sculpture
  • 7. The fall of the Aztec empire
  • 8. The return of the Aztecs
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Index

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  • Dedication
  • List of illustrations
  • Preface
  • 1. The city of Tenochtitlan: center of the Aztec world
  • 2. Aztec foundations: Aztlan, cities, peoples
  • 3. Aztec expansion through conquest and trade
  • 4. Cosmovision and human sacrifice
  • 5. Women and children: weavers of life and precious necklaces
  • 6. Wordplay, philosophy, sculpture
  • 7. The fall of the Aztec empire
  • 8. The return of the Aztecs
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Index
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