Handbook to life in the Aztec world
Title:
Handbook to life in the Aztec world
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Presents a comprehensive guide to the ancient Aztec civilization examining their society and government, system of warfare; religion and mythology; funerary beliefs; art and architecture; economy, industry, and trade; and archaeological discoveries.
Other Title:
Aztec World
Year Published:
2006
Physical Description:
xxiii, 440 p. : ill.
Note:
112.00
Contents:
Introduction -- Mesoamerican civilizations and Aztec archaeology -- Evolution of Aztec civilization -- Geography of the Aztec world -- Society and government -- Warfare -- Religion, cosmology, and mythology -- Funerary beliefs and customs -- Aztec art -- Aztec architecture -- Nahuatl literature -- The calendar, astronomy, and mathematics -- Economy, industry, and trade -- Daily life -- The Aztecs after the conquest and today.
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9780816056736
Publisher:
New York : Facts on File, c2006.
