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"Describes life during the Aztec Empire. The readers' choices reveal the historical details of life as a worker, a warrior, and a European explorer"--Provided by publisher.

"Five hundred years ago, in November 1519, Hernando Cort�es walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always from the point of view of the Europeans. After all, we have been taught, it was the Europeans who held the pens. But the Native Americans were more intrigued by the Roman alphabet than the Spaniards...

The Aztec warriors called chia "the running food" because it sustained them during their long journeys and frequent battles. Today, chia's remarkable effect on weight loss is the cornerstone of The Aztec Diet, the culmination of Dr. Bob Arnot's lifelong, worldwide search for the most effective diet of all time.

"Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careers--and hearts--in ruins. Archaeologist Dr. Socorro "Corrie" Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally. It's been Corrie's life goal to lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle in search of the long-lost remains of her ancestor, Chimalli, an ancient warrior of the Aztec empire. But when she is invited to join an all-expenses-paid dig to do just that, Corrie...

When Gabby and her family visit her uncle in Cobel, Mexico, she learns about her Aztec roots, and faces students from the wrestling school of her uncle's rival.

"Irreverentes y algo tétricos, así eran los mexicas. "Una cuenta de Twitter quiere acabar con los mitos de la Historia de México", así describió El País a Enrique Ortiz, mejor conocido como Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc, divulgador de la historia que revela los detalles más atrevidos y los hechos más increíbles de la cultura que habitó el Valle de México y que se transformó radicalmente después de la Conquista. A través de anécdotas cortas,...

"Cuauhtemoc, el ocaso del imperio es la ultima entrega de la colleccion Tlatoque, en la que Sofia Guadarrama Collado se propone descifrar el mito que guarda la figura de Cuauhtemoc, sucesor de Cuitlahuac. Entre verdad historica y ficcion se teje el universo de los personajes que la autora perfila con arrojo"--back cover.

"More than thirteen centuries of incredible spellbinding history are detailed in this brilliant study of the rulers and warriors of Mexico. Dozens of these charismatic leaders of nations and armies are brought to life by the careful research and entertaining storytelling of Peter G. Tsouras. Tsouras introduces the reader to the colossal personalities of the period: Smoking Frog, the Mexican Machiavelli, the Poet Warlord, the Lion of Anahuac, and others...

Presents facts about the Mayan, Incan, and Aztec civilizations, covering daily life, religion, art and technology, and where they are now.