The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 0195379381
- ISBN-13
- 9780195379389
- Series
- The Aztecs
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 138
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-26
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Author
- David Carrasco
Description
Illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry, and philosophy, who were also profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and through warfare.
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