Gods of Sun and Sacrifice
Download or Read eBook Gods of Sun and Sacrifice PDF written by Tony Allan and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Tony Allan |
Publisher | : Time Life Medical |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 0705435431 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780705435437 |
Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Gods of Sun and Sacrifice by : Tony Allan
Book excerpt: When Cortes and his battle-weary Spanish soldiers first gazed on the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan in 1519, they viewed the amazing culmination of 3,000 years of continuous cultural development. Aztec and Maya cities, temples, and palaces were in some ways like those found in Mesopotamia and Egypt: civilizations that had developed in isolation, free of outside influences. Here are the legends and stories of these two unique, ancient cultures.