Aztec Codices
Subtitle: What They Tell Us about Daily Life
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9781440851803
Subjects: America, history
Description: From the migration of the Aztecs to the rise of the empire and its eventual demise, this book covers Aztec history in full, analyzing conceptions of time, religion, and more through codices to offer an inside look at daily life.  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.