Handbook to life in the Aztec world
Titre:
Handbook to life in the Aztec world
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Sommaire:
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.
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Aztec World
Date de publication comme intervalle:
2006
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Description matérielle:
xxiii, 440 p. : ill.
Note générale:
112.00
Table des matières:
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.
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Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9780816056736
Informations de publication:
New York : Facts on File, c2006.
