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Aztecs of Mexico: Origin, Rise, and Fall of the Aztec Nation

Book by George C. Vaillant; Doubleday, 1962

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Aztecs, Mexico--History--To 1519

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Panamericano de Geografia e Historia, pub. no. 19, Mexico . 1937 a The Religion of the Aztecs . Mexico. 1937 b Tertian los Teotihuacanos Conocimiento del Tonalpohualli? El Mexico Antiguo , Vol. 4, Nos. 3-4, pp. 131...
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The Tira de Tepechpan: Negotiating Place under Aztec and Spanish Rule

Book by Lori Boornazian Diel; University of Texas Press, 2008

Subjects:

Aztec Art--Mexico--Tepexpan, Aztecs--First Contact With Europeans, Aztecs--Mexico--Tepexpan--History--Chronology, Mexico--History--Spanish Colony, 1540-1810, Mexico--History--To 1810, Spain--Colonies--America--Administration, Tepexpan (Mexico)--History--Chronology, Tira De Tepechpan

Collections: History, Entire Library

...3:1-27. r964 Tbe Aztecs under Spanish Rule...Indians of the Valley of Mexico, ISIg-I8IO. Stan...1971 Structure of the Aztec Empire. In Handbook...r997 Myths of Ancient Mexico. Translated by Bernard...Tribute Provinces: The Aztec Empire in the Northern Valley of Mexico. Ancient Mesocaueerieca...
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Moctezuma's Children: Aztec Royalty under Spanish Rule, 1520-1700

Book by Donald E. Chipman; University of Texas Press, 2005

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Aztecs--Kings And Rulers--Genealogy, Families Of Royal Descent--Mexico, Moctezuma, Isabel--1509-1550--Genealogy, Montezuma--Ii--Emperor Of Mexico--Ca. 1480-1520--Genealogy

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Ios, Io6 merced, 74 M6rida, Spain, i5gn68 Mesoamerica, 7, 20 mestiza, 68 mestizaje, 59, 63 3 Mexica. See Aztecs Mexico City, xv, 1, 2, 3, 5, 44,45,47, 59, 7I? 74? 7g-gS? g7? 90-92? 99? I02, I04,
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The Virgin's Children: Life in an Aztec Village Today

Book by William Madsen; University of Texas Press, 1960

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Aztecs, Indians Of Mexico--Mexico, Valley Of, Indians Of Mexico--Social Life And Customs

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Codex . Translated from the Aztec by Arthur J. O. Anderson...Mexicana . Editorial Leyenda, Mexico, D.F. Toor Frances 1947...Treasury of Mexican Folkways . Mexico Press, Mexico, D.F. Vaillant George 1944 Aztecs of Mexico . Doubleday, Doran...
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The Daily Life of the Aztecs: On the Eve of the Spanish Conquest

Book by Jacques Soustelle, Patrick O'Brian; Macmillan, 1962

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Aztecs, Indians Of Mexico--Social Life And Customs

Collections: History, Entire Library

...documentos . . . vol. III Mexico 1891 p. 311. 55. Ixtlilxochitl...See George C. Vaillant, Aztecs of Mexico , Garden- City, N.Y...II pp. 158-159. 60. The Aztec text of the prayer to Ayopechcatl...Plantas de medicinales de Mexico Mexico 1944 , pp. 331-338...

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Journal Articles on: aztecs mexico

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Aztec Cannibalism and Maize Consumption: the Serotonin Deficiency Link

Journal article by Michele Ernandes, Rita Cedrini, Marco Giammanco, Maurizio La Guardia, Andrea Milazzo; Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 43, 2002

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Aztec civilization, Cannibalism, Corn, Diet, Neurotransmitters

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...Introduction Human Sacrifices among the Aztecs The Aztec human sacrifice/cannibalism complex...Astonishingly (for Catholic priests), the Aztecs had the concept of transubstantiation! The structural likeness between Aztec religion and Catholic doctrine had been...rapidly and without a manifest reason. Aztec religiousness showed similar aspects: the Aztecs acquired from neighboring peoples some...
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Some Aspects of the Aztec Religion in the Hopi Kachina Cult

Journal article by Susan E. James; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 42, 2000

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Aztec religion, Aztecs--Religious aspects, Cults--Analysis, Hopis--Religious aspects, Kachinas--Religious aspects, Pueblos (Native American people)--Religious aspects, Pueblos (Native Americans)--Religious aspects, Rites and ceremonies--Analysis, Rituals--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...of Tozoztontli, the Aztecs "were made to believe...an ancient god in Mexico, who had been incorporated into the Aztec pantheon from those...important. For the Aztec, the tears of sacrificed...sympathetic magic. Today in Mexico, this belief is incorporated...gods and ceremonies of Aztec culture are older than the Aztecs themselves. (3...
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Aztec Human Sacrifice: Cross-Cultural Assessments of the Ecological Hypothesis

Journal article by Michael Winkelman; Ethnology, Vol. 37, 1998

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Aztecs--Social aspects, Human sacrifice--Social aspects

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...the unparalleled scope of Aztec human sacrifice and cannibalism...fertile central valley of Mexico is surrounded by poor farming...significant source of protein. The Aztecs did not ordinarily eat people...sacrifice. While discussions of Aztec human sacrifice and cannibalism...these as unique features of Aztec society, the cross-cultural...presented here suggest that the Aztecs typify patterns of human sacrifice...
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Montezuma: Warlord of the Aztecs

Journal article by Michael E. Smith; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Montezuma: Warlord of the Aztecs (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Montezuma: Warlord of the Aztecs. by Michael E. Smith Montezuma: Warlord of the Aztecs. By Peter Trouras. (Washington...brief biography of the final Aztec emperor, Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin...able to illuminate aspects of Aztec warfare and military organization...Quetzalcoatl returning to rule Mexico--to explain the kings apparent...
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Language Death in Central Mexico: The Decline of Nahuatl and the New Bilingual Maintenance Programs

Journal article by Kellie Rolstad; Bilingual Review, Vol. 26, 2001

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Aztec language--Social aspects, Language policy--Social aspects, Mexican native peoples--Social aspects, Mexico--Social aspects, Mexico--Social policy

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...different regions of central Mexico. I then present an overview...Language Situation of Modern Aztecs The Nahuatl-speaking people...and linguistic context of the Aztec people from the point of their...Background The conquest of the Aztecs, or "Mexica" people, by...Mexica" was derived the name "Mexico" and the language of the Mexica...

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Magazine Articles on: aztecs mexico

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Cultivating the Secrets of Aztec Gardens

Magazine article by Louis Werner; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 44, November 1992

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Agricultural systems--Analysis, Aztecs--History, Mexico--Agriculture

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...CITY PRE-COLUMBIAN MEXICO presented the European...At the height of the Aztec Empire, the agricultural...Population estimates of the Aztecs island-capital of...With these words the Aztecs took control of the...thus evolved under the Aztec fist. Necessity under...compiled an account of Aztec daily life from native...they sabotaged the Aztecs finest water works in...soon rival flooding as Mexico Citys worst natural...
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Two Cheers for the Conquistadors: The Death-Obsessed and Inward-Looking Aztec Civilisation Sowed the Seeds of Its Own Destruction

Magazine article by Tim Stanley; History Today, Vol. 61, March 2011

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Aztec culture--Influence, Aztecs--Social aspects, Conquest of Mexico, 1519-1521--Evaluation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the collapse of the Aztec empire distribute the...disease that crippled Mexico may have been native...recognise the symptoms. The Aztecs did and they had given...Tenochtitlan. Third, Aztec civilisation was on...for sacrifice. The Aztec rulers were convinced...consecrated in 1487 the Aztecs recorded that 84,000...there is evidence that Mexico was already suffering...
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The Mystery of Aztec Sacrifice

Magazine article; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 24, Autumn 2000

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Atonement--Religious aspects, Aztecs--Religion, Human sacrifice--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

The Mystery of Aztec Sacrifice "Aztec Human Sacrifice as Expiation...the early 1500s, the Aztecs of Mexico ritually sacrificed...Catholic missionaries in Mexico saw "striking similarities between Aztec religion and Christianity...specialists deny that the Aztecs had a "religion of...
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Aztecs: A New Perspective: John M.D. Pohl Reviews Recent Scholarship about the Empire Swept Away by Cortes

Magazine article by John M.D. Pohl; History Today, Vol. 52, December 2002

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Aztecs--History, Aztecs--Research

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Elizabeth Hill Boone, The Aztec World (St Remy Press, Washington...Matos Moctezuma, Moctezumas Mexico: Visions of the Aztec World (University of Colorado...Moctezuma, The Great Temple of the Aztecs: Treasures of Tenochtitlan...directed numerous excavations in Mexico, Central America, Canada...
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"All Will Be Done Again as It Was in Far-Off Times": Surveying the Fragments of an Obliterated Civilisation at the British Museum's Moctezuma Exhibition, Tom Holland Is Haunted by the Parallels between Our Vulnerable Globalised World and That of the Doomed Aztecs

Magazine article by Tom Holland; New Statesman, Vol. 138, October 19, 2009

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Aztecs--Surveys, British Museum, Museums--Exhibitions

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...perspective that appeals far beyond Mexico. Hugo Chavez is only the most...to plant a new religion in Mexico, we can see the predecessors...So those who imagine that Mexico before the coming of the Europeans...the heirs of Cortes, the Aztecs of our time? "Another time...on the sun The "Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler " exhibition is at the...

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Newspaper Articles on: aztecs mexico

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THE EMPEROR OF DOOM; He Thought That His Bloodthirsty Human Sacrifices Would Stop the Sun Dying. but Moctezuma II, the Fearsome Leader of the Aztecs Celebrated in the British Museum's Latest Blockbuster Show, Faced a More Real Threat, Says Historian Tom Holland

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 17, 2009

Subjects:

Aztecs, British Museum, Historians, Holland, Tom (American writer), Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, Museums

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Brown). MILESTONES IN AZTEC HISTORY Early 14th century: The Aztecs arrive on the shore of Mexico. The founding of Tenochtitlan...establishment of the Aztec monarchy 1428: The Aztecs establish themselves...Moctezuma II to the Aztec throne 1519: The arrival of the Spaniards in Mexico 1520: The death of...
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MONTEZUMA'S REVENGE; Bodily Fluids Are a Common Theme of the British Museum's Aztec Artefacts and Anish Kapoor's Misfiring Japes at the Royal Academy

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 1, 2009

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Aztecs, British Museum, Museums

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...one of whom was Viceroy of Mexico two centuries later and the...objects retrieved from the Aztec metropolis that lies below pullulating Mexico City, where the water table...gesso overlay on which the Aztecs painted in strong earth pigments...refined as they are, for the Aztecs, having no hard metals...the showy barbarism of the Aztec world. if its craftsmen were...
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VERY CIVILISED SAVAGES; It Was One of the Greatest Yet Most Bloodthirsty Civilisations in History, Practising Human Sacrifice on an Industrial Scale. but a Major New Exhibition Asks Who Were More Brutal - the Aztecs, or the 300 Europeans Who Annihilated Them?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 23, 2009

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Aztecs--Exhibitions, Soldiers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...was slipping away. Among the Aztecs, there was growing discontent...reinforced army and took the Aztec capital after a bloody battle...as ruler. The reign of the Aztecs was over. Much of their heritage...captains to the daughters of Aztec noblemen. From this integration...over it. Given the name of Mexico City, it has grown into a...
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VERY CIVILISED SAVAGES; It Was One of the Greatest Yet Most Bloodthirsty Civilisations in History, Practising Human Sacrifice on an Industrial Scale. but a Major New Exhibition Asks Who Were More Brutal - the Aztecs, or the 300 Europeans Who Annihilated Them?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 24, 2009

Subjects:

Aztecs--Exhibitions, Soldiers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...was slipping away. Among the Aztecs, there was growing discontent...reinforced army and took the Aztec capital after a bloody battle...as ruler. The reign of the Aztecs was over. Much of their heritage...captains to the daughters of Aztec noblemen. From this integration...over it. Given the name of Mexico City, it has grown into a...
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Museum Show Is Monument to Aztec Ruler

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 14, 2009

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Aztecs, British Museum, Museums

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Museum Show Is Monument to Aztec Ruler. Byline: Louise Jury...has never been seen outside Mexico is the centrepiece of the British...curators managed to persuade Mexico to part temporarily with some...National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. The exhibition also includes...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: aztecs mexico

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Aztec

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...rule through him. The Aztec revolted, Montezuma...1965); A. Caso, The Aztecs, People of the Sun...and Religion in Ancient Mexico (1961); J. Soustelle...Vaillant, The Aztecs of Mexico (rev. ed. 1962...of Darts: The Mexican Aztecs (1973); G. W. Conrad...Empire: The Dynamics of Aztec and Inca Expansionism...
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Mexico , City, Mexico

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...National Autonomous Univ. of Mexico, founded in the 16th cent...has been the metropolis of Mexico since even before New Spain...is built on the ruins of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan , which was begun by the Aztecs c.1345 and razed by Hernan...During the colonial period Mexico City served as the capital...
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Tula , Ancient City, Mexico

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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TULA , ancient city, Mexico too la, ancient city in the present state of Hidalgo, central Mexico. It was one of the chief urban...73); M. P. Weaver, The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors...the Toltec Capital of Ancient Mexico (1983...
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Hidalgo , State, Mexico

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

HIDALGO , state, Mexico ethal go, state (1990 pop...20,870 sq km), central Mexico. Pachuca de Soto is the capital...the Chichimecs, and the Aztecs. Conquered by the Spanish in...of the province and state of Mexico until it became the separate...
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Oaxaca , City, Mexico

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...capital of Oaxaca state, S Mexico. The city is officially called...that rank among the finest in Mexico. The city has two museums...culture. The chief city of S Mexico, Oaxaca is linked with the...earthquakes. According to Aztec tradition, Oaxaca was founded...the brief ascendancy of the Aztecs over the Mixtecs and Zapotecs...

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