The Aztecs of Central Mexico: An Imperial SocietyThis case study is about the Aztecs of central Mexico, a people who dominated a vast area of what is now Mexico when the Spanish conquistadors arrived in AD 1519, but who had humble beginnings as despised nomads. The story of the confrontation and the defeat of the Aztecs by the small force of Spaniards led by Hernan Cortes is told in the last chapter. The larger part of this book is devoted to an ethnographic reconstruction of Aztec culture as it flourished in the period immediately preceding the conquest. |
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... Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin constructed a new palace on his acces- sion to the throne in 1502. When the Spaniards first arrived , they were housed in the palace of Axayacatl , a building also called by the names of earlier rulers who may ...
... Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin constructed a new palace on his acces- sion to the throne in 1502. When the Spaniards first arrived , they were housed in the palace of Axayacatl , a building also called by the names of earlier rulers who may ...
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... Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin ( 1502–1520 ) , however , the identification and perquisites of nobility status became more rigidly defined . Upon accession to the Mexica throne , Motecuhzoma announced that only nobles and the sons of nobles ...
... Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin ( 1502–1520 ) , however , the identification and perquisites of nobility status became more rigidly defined . Upon accession to the Mexica throne , Motecuhzoma announced that only nobles and the sons of nobles ...
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... Motecuhzoma . 4 For his part , Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin was growing increasingly uneasy over the arrival of these strangers from the east . For ten years prior to the Spanish arrival , he had been plagued by a series of troublesome omens ...
... Motecuhzoma . 4 For his part , Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin was growing increasingly uneasy over the arrival of these strangers from the east . For ten years prior to the Spanish arrival , he had been plagued by a series of troublesome omens ...
Contents
Mexico and the Mexica | 1 |
A Note on Methods | 15 |
Social Structure and Dynamics | 51 |
Copyright | |
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