aztecs

Explains various aspects of the Aztecs, including their history, daily life, religion, cooking and eating, trading and transportation, and more.

Photographs and descriptive text provide information on the people, cities, culture, food and drink, trade, gods and goddesses, clothes, sports and games, and other aspects of the Aztec, Inca, and Maya civilizations.

Examines the birth, rise, and fall of the Aztec empire; its cultural practices and religious beliefs, including human sacrifice; and the Spaniards' eventual overthrow of the Aztecs.

Explore the whole story of Latin America from the earliest times, through the periods of its great civilization, to the time of it exploration by European adventurers and traders.

Story of Tlilcoatl, a jaguar warrior, who encounters the Spanish conquistadors, fights for his empire, and describes daily life in Tenochtitlan.

Highlights dark deeds from the worlds of the ancient Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas.

Profiles the myths of the ancient Aztecs and Maya and discusses how those myths became the basis of their religion, where the myths originated, what each myth means, and other related topics.

Text and illustrations describe the history and culture of the Aztecs, once the most powerful civilization in Central America.

Relates the story of the Aztec Empire's defeat by the Spanish army at the hand of Hernan Cortes.

Describes what life was like in America before the coming of the Europeans and examines the effect of the arrival of Columbus, Pizarro, and Cortez on the lives of the native peoples.