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3) The Aztecs
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[1989]
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Examines the culture, history, and changing fortunes of the Aztec Indians.
5) The Aztecs
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Describes the traditional way of life of the Aztecs. Includes activities in which common items represent what the Aztecs used, such as making a fan out of strips of colored paper representing the feathers of tropical birds.
7) Aztec
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Aztec historical novels volume 1
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His name is Mixtli-Dark Cloud. Born the son of a provincial quarrier, Mixtli rises far above his station. He become, first, a scribe; he goes on to distinguish himself as a warrior, earns a fortune as a traveling merchant, explores every part of what the Aztecs called The One World-the far lands of mountains, jungles, deserts, seacoasts. His courage and resourcefulness earn him a knighthood and, eventually, elevation to the nobility. Mixtli's long...
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In 1519, Hernan Cortes arrived on the shores of Mexico with a roughshod crew of adventurers and the intent to expand the Spanish empire. Along the way, this brash and roguish conquistador schemed to convert the native inhabitants to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. In Tenochtitlan, the City of Dreams, Cortes met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, ruler of a complex and sophisticated civilization with fifteen million people,...
11) The Aztecs
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Discusses the beginnings of the ancient American civilization, its people and their way of life, with see-through scenes bringing ancient civilizations alive for today's readers.
12) Aztec warriors
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2012
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"Engaging images accompany information about Aztec warriors. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by Publisher.
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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 43
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1964.
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The Hardy Boys must find the missing Aztec descendant and the valuable treasure that belongs to him.
18) Aztecs
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Examines who the Aztecs were, where they came from, how they lived, how they built up their power, and how they lost it.
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Synopsis: In 1521, the city of Tenochtitlan, magnificent center of the Aztec empire, fell to the Spaniards and their Indian allies. Inga Clendinnen's account of the Aztecs recreates the culture of that city in its last unthreatened years. It provides a vividly dramatic analysis of Aztec ceremony as performance art, binding the key experiences and concerns of social existence in the late imperial city to the mannered violence of their ritual killings....
20) The Aztecs
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2017.
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What do you know about the Aztec Empire? Did they participate in human sacrifice and what did they use for money? Learn more about the ancient Greek civilization.