Lori Boornazian Diel Aztec Codices: What They Tell us About Daily Life

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This book focuses on two main areas: Aztec history and Aztec culture. Early chapters deal with Aztec history-the first providing a visual record of the story of the Aztec migration and search for their destined homeland of Tenochtitlan, and the second exploring how the Aztecs built their empire.Later chapters explain life in the Aztec world, focusing on Aztec conceptions of time and religion, the Aztec economy, the life cycle, and daily life. The book ends with an account of the fall of the empire, as illustrated by Aztec artists. With sections concerning a wide variety of topics-from the Aztec pantheon to war, agriculture, childhood, marriage, diet, justice, the arts, and sports, among many others-readers will gain an expansive understanding of life in the Aztec world.