Religion and Empire is an innovative and provocative study of the two largest states of the Precolumbian Americas, the Aztec and Inca Empires. By examining the causes of the formation and expansion of these two empires, the authors identify similar patterns and processes underly…
"One of the great documents of colonial Mexico, the Codex Chimalpopoca chronicles the rise of Aztec civilization and preserves the mythology on which it was based - supplying a richness of detail unmatched by any other native-language source. Specifically, its two complementary …
"One of the great documents of colonial Mexico, the Codex Chimalpopoca chronicles the rise of Aztec civilization and preserves the mythology on which it was based - supplying a richness of detail unmatched by any other native-language source. Specifically, its two complementary …
"One of the great documents of colonial Mexico, the Codex Chimalpopoca chronicles the rise of Aztec civilization and preserves the mythology on which it was based - supplying a richness of detail unmatched by any other native-language source. Specifically, its two complementary …
This book provides us with a wealth of major stories, from the origins of life to the defeat of the gods of death and also shows how Aztec state mythology provided a cosmic charter for political expansion.
Introduces the Aztec calendar and the most important Aztec gods through the paintings on the Borgia Codex, one of the most elaborate and best-preserved Aztec manuscripts, and offers a series of picture puzzles based on the illustrations.
