The Aztecs: Rise and Fall of an Empire (New Horizons) - Softcover

Gruzinski, Serge; Bahn, Paul

 
9780500300183: The Aztecs: Rise and Fall of an Empire (New Horizons)

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The gruesome Aztec practice of mass human sacrifice horrified Cortes when he entered Tenochticlan in 1519. Yet these bloodthirsty warriors also created a refined society, monumental architecture, powerful sculpture, magnificently illustrated codices, fine goldwork and brilliant feathered costumes. How did these contradictory aspects co-exist in one people? The richly illustrated text is supplemented by contemporary documents including evidence on Aztec myths, social organization, trade, the arts, human sacrifice, the conquest, the continuation of Aztec religion after Christianity and the fate of the Indian population today.

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Serge Gruzinski was a French historian of Latin America. Paul Bahn is the author or editor of numerous books, including the standard introduction to cave art, Images of the Ice Age, as well as The First Artists (with Michel Lorblanchet).

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ISBN 10:  0810928213 ISBN 13:  9780810928213
Verlag: Harry N. Abrams, 1992
Softcover