The Mighty AztecsAn account of the Aztecs: how their empire was destroyed by the Spanish conqueror, Cortes; how treasures of their art and elements of their culture survive today. |
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... volcano , threatened disaster . From it , the Spanish leader wrote , " both by day and night a great volume of smoke often comes forth and rises up into the clouds as straight as a staff .... " Even in the violent wind that continually ...
... volcano , threatened disaster . From it , the Spanish leader wrote , " both by day and night a great volume of smoke often comes forth and rises up into the clouds as straight as a staff .... " Even in the violent wind that continually ...
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... volcano's slopes as torrents of tropical rain fell outside . She hugged a frightened granddaughter and calmed the toddler with a kiss . " This is where I like to be - in my kitchen , " she said . " I am content . Of- ten I spread a ...
... volcano's slopes as torrents of tropical rain fell outside . She hugged a frightened granddaughter and calmed the toddler with a kiss . " This is where I like to be - in my kitchen , " she said . " I am content . Of- ten I spread a ...
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... of Cholula , topped by the Church of Our Lady of the Remedies . Pre - Columbian art historian Richard Townsend describes such holy mountains as " great natural icons . " Cortés fought at Cholula and later trod the volcano's flank . P 123 ...
... of Cholula , topped by the Church of Our Lady of the Remedies . Pre - Columbian art historian Richard Townsend describes such holy mountains as " great natural icons . " Cortés fought at Cholula and later trod the volcano's flank . P 123 ...
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Ahuitzotl allies ancient Archaeologist Axayacatl Aztec Empire battle Bernal Díaz blood cacao carved causeway caves ceremonial Chalcatzingo Chalco Chalma Chapultepec Chichimec chinampas Cholula codex conquered conquest corn Cortés Coyolxauhqui Culhuacan DAVID HISER death deities Doña Modesta Durán says eagle earth emperor enemy excavation feathers fire flowers glyph goddess gods gold highlands Hueyapan Huitzil Huitzilopochtli human sacrifice images Indian Itzcoatl Iztaccihuatl jaguars king Lake Texcoco land lords Malinalco mask Mesoamerica Mexica Mexico City Moctezuma Moctezuma II mountain National Geographic Nezahualcoyotl Nezahualpilli night noble offered Olmec opochtli painted palace pochteca Popocatepetl priests pyramid Quetzalcoatl rain reeds ritual Robert ruins ruler sacred Sahagún sculpture serpent shrines Spaniards Spanish stone temple Templo Mayor Tenayuca Tenochtitlan Teotihuacan Tepanecs Tepoztlan Tezcatlipoca Tizoc Tlacaelel Tlacopan Tlaloc Tlatelolco Tlaxcalans Toltec took Totonac town tribute Triple Alliance Tula Valley of Mexico vassals village voladores volcano walls warriors woman Xochimilco young Zempoala