Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The City of Tenochtitlan: Center of The Aztec World Chapter 2: Aztec Foundations: Aztlan, Cities, Peoples Chapter 3: Aztec Expansion through Conquest and Trade Chapter 4: Cosmovision and Human Sacrifice Chapter 5: Women and Children: Weavers of Life and Precious Necklaces Chapter 6: Word Play, Philosophy, Sculpture Chapter 7: The Fall of the Aztecs Chapter 8: The Return of the Aztecs References Further Reading Index

About the Author

Davíd Carrasco is the Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America at Harvard University. For his scholarship in Mesoamerican religions and his work on Mexican American culture he received the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle.