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2) The Aztecs
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64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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Explains the various elements of the Aztecs, including their history, daily life, religion, cooking and eating, trading and transportation, and more.
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"Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient civilizations. Now this companion volume to Professor Coe's bestselling The Maya has been completely revised and expanded for the fourth edition. Enlarged sections are included on early village life and the rise of Olmec civilization. Extraordinary recent discoveries - such as the stela from La Mojarra inscribed in the mysterious...
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 67
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237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
6) Aztecs
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48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
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English
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Provides an introduction to the history, culture, and civilization of the Aztecs.
9) Aztecs
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32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm.
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English
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Chronicles the history and achievements of the Aztec civilization from A.D. 1111 to 1521, and includes a time line, glossary, and pronunciation guide.
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64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
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Provides a history of the people of Mexico, from the Olmecs, the first to leave a record of their culture, to the natives and mestizos, those of mixed-blood, who live in the cities and rural areas today.
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On the Hill of Dust, in the remote mountains of Mexico, an eleven-year-old Mixtec boy called Teo lives with his family and the animals that he has healed, but one day a Romany caravan rolls into town with a young girl who calls herself Esma, the Gypsy Queen of Lightning--it is the beginning of a life-long friendship that will change both their lives.
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Mexico's rich culture has long fascinated scholars, with stories of ancient civilizations and great conquerors. History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843) expounds upon the virtues of Mexico while seeking to explain the tragedy of the country's defeat in terms of its neighboring civilizations. The arrival of the Spaniards forever altered and in many ways curtailed indigenous...
18) Pyramid
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Looks at the secrets of the monumental structures of the ancient world, from the tombs of Egypt to the pyramids of Central America.
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xii, 112 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"A retelling of traditional folk tales that originate from Mexico and Central America. They reflect the pre-Colombian, Mesoamerican worldview, and include characters like Quetzalcoatl and trickster figures like coyote. A few of the tales are contemporary and seem to originate from Nahuatl-speaking descendants of the Aztecs"--Provided by publisher.
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