The Aztec, Inca and Maya Empires: The Illustrated History of the Ancient Peoples of Mesoamerica & South America (Histories)

Dougherty, Martin J

ISBN 10: 178274679X / ISBN 13: 9781782746799

Editore: Amber Books, 2018

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Very large, sturdy book, glossy covers with black background, illustration of red hieroglyphics, a skull in the foreground, a color aerial photograph of Macchu Picchu at top back, lavender title, a photo of mosaics inside covers and adjacent end papers, 223 heavy glossy stiffer pages, most in color. DJ glossy with same color and illustrations as book covers. DJ and book, both As New.

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• Titolo: The Aztec, Inca and Maya Empires: The Illustrated History of the Ancient Peoples of Mesoamerica & South America (Histories)
• Editore: Amber Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 178274679X
• ISBN 13: 9781782746799
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: As New
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: As New

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Riassunto

The Aztec, Inca and Maya Empires charts the rise and fall pre-Columbian civilizations in Mesoamerica and South America, from the Maya to the Aztec and Inca empires, as well as the Zapotec, Olmec, Teotihuacan and Toltec civilizations.

From government structures to marriage rites, from pyramids to human sacrifice, from agriculture to textiles, astronomy to hieroglyphics to ball games, the book explores the history of what today we call Latin America from its early kingdoms up to the crippling of the societies with the arrival of conquistadores and smallpox.

The biggest Mesoamerican cities, such as Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan and Cholula, were among the largest in the world. Mesoamerican civilisations are credited with many inventions: building pyramid-temples, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, writing, highly accurate calendars, fine arts, intensive agriculture, engineering, an abacus calculator, and complex theology. In South America, the Inca Empire, the largest empire in pre-Columbian America, was, at its height, possibly the largest in the world. And yet it achieved this without wheeled vehicles, animals to ride or draft animals, without using iron or steel, or developing a written script.

Easily accessible and illustrated with 180 colour and black-and-white photographs, maps and artworks, the Aztec, Inca and Maya Empires is a fascinating account of Mesoamerican and South American civilisations from the 2nd century BCE to the 16th century CE.

Informazioni sull?autore

Martin J. Dougherty is a freelance writer who has written widely on historical topics. He lives in northern England.