Author : Deborah L. Nichols
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 18,72 MB
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0816535515
"Rethinking the Aztec Economy provides new perspectives on the society and economy of the ancient Aztecs by focusing on goods and their patterns of circulation"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Kenn Hirth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 18,60 MB
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107142776
The first discussion of Aztec economy to include cross-cultural comparisons with other ancient and premodern societies around the world.
Author : Barbara M. Linde
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,44 MB
Release : 2016-07-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1499419082
When most people think of the word “economy,” they think of stock markets and modern banks. However, even ancient civilizations had their own economies. Readers discover fun and fascinating facts about the ancient Aztec economy through informative text designed to support social studies curricula. Detailed photographs and historical images, such as primary sources, are included to enhance the text and keep readers engaged as they learn. Economics and history come together in an amazing way to ensure readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the ancient Aztec economy.
Author : Frances F. Berdan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 37,23 MB
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1108894410
In Everyday Life in the Aztec World, Frances Berdan and Michael E. Smith offer a view into the lives of real people, doing very human things, in the unique cultural world of Aztec central Mexico. The first section focuses on people from an array of social classes - the emperor, a priest, a feather worker, a merchant, a farmer, and a slave - who interacted in the economic, social and religious realms of the Aztec world. In the second section, the authors examine four important life events where the lives of these and others intersected: the birth and naming of a child, market day, a day at court, and a battle. Through the microscopic views of individual types of lives, and interweaving of those lives into the broader Aztec world, Berdan and Smith recreate everyday life in the final years of the Aztec Empire.
Author : José Luis de Rojas
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 11,99 MB
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0813059461
Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire before the Spanish conquest, rivaled any other great city of its time. In Europe, only Paris, Venice, and Constantinople were larger. Cradled in the Valley of Mexico, the city is unique among New World capitals in that it was well-described and chronicled by the conquistadors who subsequently demolished it. This means that, though centuries of redevelopment have frustrated efforts to access the ancient city’s remains, much can be told about its urban landscape, politics, economy, and religion. While Tenochtitlan commands a great deal of attention from archaeologists and Mesoamerican scholars, very little has been written about the city for a non-technical audience in English. In this fascinating book, eminent expert José Luis de Rojas presents an accessible yet authoritative exploration of this famous city--interweaving glimpses into its inhabitants’ daily lives with the broader stories of urbanization, culture, and the rise and fall of the Aztec empire.
Author : Sarah Machajewski
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 47,93 MB
Release : 2016-07-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1499419414
The ancient Inca civilization is known having a developed economy, but the people didn’t use money. In fact, the society didn’t have it. This is just one fact presented in this volume, which provides an in-depth look at the Inca economy. The title covers terrace farming, irrigation, livestock, and the role of mit’a labor in ancient Peru. Through the text’s coverage of the government’s distribution of goods and services, readers will understand why the society is sometimes called a utopia. Written with age-appropriate language and accompanied by highly detailed images, this title makes classroom social studies concepts accessible for readers.
Author : David Carrasco
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 40,85 MB
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0195379381
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.
Author : Frances F. Berdan
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 39,95 MB
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1789143616
In this rich and surprising book, Frances F. Berdan shines fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, etiquette, origin myths, and human sacrifice. While the Aztecs are often described as “stone age,” their achievements were remarkable. They constructed lofty temples and produced fine arts in precious stones, gold, and shimmering feathers. They crafted beautiful poetry and studied the sciences. They had schools and libraries, entrepreneurs and money, and a bewildering array of deities and dramatic ceremonies. Based on the latest research and lavishly illustrated, this book reveals the Aztecs to have created a civilization of sophistication and finesse.
Author : Frances F. Berdan
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 37,68 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780884022114
Papers from the 1986 Summer Seminar, "Empire, Province, and Village in Aztec History."
Author : Ross Hassig
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 25,99 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806127736
In exploring the pattern and methods of Aztec expansion, Ross Hassig focuses on political and economic factors. Because they lacked numerical superiority, faced logistical problems presented by the terrain, and competed with agriculture for manpower, the Aztecs relied as much on threats and the image of power as on military might to subdue enemies and hold them in their orbit. Hassig describes the role of war in the everyday life of the capital, Tenochtitlan: the place of the military in Aztec society; the education and training of young warriors; the organization of the army; the use of weapons and armor; and the nature of combat.
