The Aztec Empire flourished in the Valley of Mexico ... In Aztec culture, he gave several gifts to humankind — including books (codices), the calendar and maize (corn) — and, in some ...

What it is: A turquoise-encrusted wooden mask from the Aztec civilization Where it is from: Somewhere in Mesoamerica When it was made: Between 1400 and 1521 Related: Book of Kells: A 1,200-year ...

The story of the fall of the Aztec empire is a compelling human drama that has all to often been oversimplified into a story of perceived technological or cultural advantage. For centuries ...

In Spanish, the book is called “Tu sueño imperios han ... one of which — the Aztec empire — has often been shoddily reproduced, its complexity buffed away. This complexity stands between ...

Mexico was then incorporated into the Spanish Empire – and Christianity was brutally enforced. Virtually all remaining Aztec books, especially religious ones, were publicly burned – and people ...

PHOTOGRAPH BY ALAMY/ACI Ahuitzotl, probably the greatest of all the Aztec rulers, came to power next. He expanded the empire’s borders as far as present-day Guatemala, coming into contact with ...

BRIGGS: While the Aztec are building an empire, Spain is trying to do the ... when you think that they destroyed all these books, it just hurts. BRIGGS: But amazingly, some codices are still ...

But according to historian Matthew Restall, author of the book When Montezuma ... territorial battles between the Aztecs and their rivals. The Tlaxcallan Empire, which allied with the Spanish ...

History books say many indigenous Mexicans welcomed the white-skinned horsemen in the belief they were returning gods, but turned against the Spaniards once they tried to take over the Aztec seat ...

This ritual ensured the Aztec civilization was renewed for another half century. The darker turquoise mosaic pieces on the cheeks and nose of the mask appear to form a butterfly, another symbol of ...