When Cortes and his battle-weary Spanish soldiers first gazed on the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan in 1519, they viewed the amazing culmination of 3,000 years of continuous cultural development. Aztec and Maya cities, temples, and palaces were in some ways like those found in Mesopotamia and Egypt: civilizations that had developed in isolation, free of outside influences. Here are the legends and stories of these two unique, ancient cultures.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Time Life Incorporated
ISBN-10
0705435431
ISBN-13
9780705435437
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1131698
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gods of Sun and Sacrifice : Aztec and Maya Myth
Author
Tony Allan
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Latin America / Mexico, Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era