By José Luis de Rojas
Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire sooner than the Spanish conquest, rivaled the other nice urban of its time. In Europe, purely Paris, Venice, and Constantinople have been greater. Cradled within the Valley of Mexico, the town is exclusive between New global capitals in that it used to be well-described and chronicled by means of the conquistadors who therefore demolished it. which means, notwithstanding centuries of redevelopment have pissed off efforts to entry the traditional city’s continues to be, a lot should be informed approximately its city panorama, politics, economic climate, and religion.
While Tenochtitlan instructions loads of consciousness from archaeologists and Mesoamerican students, little or no has been written concerning the urban for a non-technical viewers in English. during this attention-grabbing publication, eminent specialist José Luis de Rojas offers an available but authoritative exploration of this recognized city--interweaving glimpses into its population’ day-by-day lives with the wider tales of urbanization, tradition, and the increase and fall of the Aztec empire.
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