The Aztecs (Third Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places)
The Aztecs (Third Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places) The Aztecs (Third Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places) OTHER ARTICLES Richard Townsend gives the complete history of the Aztec civilization’s rise from humble nomads to empire builders. Within a hundred years, the Aztecs established the largest empire in Mesoamerican history, and at Tenochtitlan built a vast, shimmering city in a lake, a Venice of the New World. The book ends with a dramatic narrative of the Spanish conquest, as seen from the Aztec viewpoint.