This book is the story of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire and most specifically, Cortes' influence on its conduct and consequences. The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most significant events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas.\nThe invasion began in February, 1519, and was declared victorious on August 13, 1521, when a coalition army of Spanish conquistadors and Tlaxcalan warriors led by Hernán Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger captured Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. During the Spanish campaign, Cortés allied with a number of the tributaries and rivals of the Aztecs, including the Totonacs, and the Tlaxcaltecas. After eight months of battles and intrigue, which overcame the diplomatic resistance of the Aztec Emperor Montezuma to his visit, Cortés arrived in Tenochtitlan on November 8, 1519, where he took up residence. After an Aztec attack on Nauhtlan, a city on the coast, that left several Spaniards dead, Cortés took Montezuma captive in his own palace and ruled through him for months.\nAfter the massacre at the Main Temple of Tenochtitlan and a rebellion by the population of the city, Cortés and his men had to fight their way out of the capital city in June, 1520. However, the Spanish and Tlaxcalans would return with reinforcements and a siege plan that led to the fall of Tenochtitlan a year later.\nThe collapse of the Aztec Empire was a major milestone in the formation of New Spain, which would not be formalized by the Spanish Crown until 1535.

Cortés and the downfall of the Aztec empire: A study in a conflict of cultures,

History

White, Jon Ewbank Manchip

Americas

Hamilton

A world elsewhere: One man's fascination with the American Southwest

Crowell

This book by the author of several outstanding studies of ancient peoples vividly recounts the story of the Native Americans — from their earliest beginnings as immigrants from the Asian mainland, to their lives as tragic figures on U. S. government-authorized reservations.A story of great depth and perspective, Everyday Life of the North American Indian traces the subjects' various roles in the New World: as nomad, hunter, and farmer; as athlete, warrior, parent, and spouse; as witch doctor, worshipper, artist, and craftsman.Enhanced with more than 100 illustrations, this comprehensive, highly readable book will be valued by students of American history and welcomed by all those intrigued by Native American culture.

Everyday Life of the North American Indian

B.T.BATSFORD LTD

Traces the evolution, culture, and activities of the Indian as hunter, warrior, medicine-man, artist, and family man since the Indian's emigration to North America from Asia

Holmes & Meier Pub

A panoramic view of life in the ancient Nile valley examines the activities, lifestyle, and culture of each stratum of Egyptian society from pharaoh to slave

Ancient Egypt: Its Culture and History

Ancient Civilizations

Peter Smith Pub Inc

The Anglo-Welsh writer uses a visit to his native Wales to recall his boyhood in Cardiff and the tumultuous history of his family and of Wales itself

The Journeying Boy: Scenes from a Welsh Childhood (Traveler)

Travel

Europe

Atlantic Monthly Pr

Whistling Past the Churchyard: Strange Tales from a Superstitious Welshman is a delightfully spooky collection of original Welsh stories told in the tradition of the ghost stories of Edith Wharton and W. Somerset Maugham.The Welsh are known for their lavish imaginations, fascination with the supernatural, and obsession with death. In these stories we meet a panoply of characters, including a traveling scholar who encounters the spirit of the long-dead poet he is researching; a frustrated professor who attempts to curse his rival and falls victim to his own vengeful plan; and many others who come upon otherworldly occurrences and spiritual phenomena.We are transported to the raging shores of Cardigan Bay, where an eccentric old man and his ferocious black dog patrol the beach to keep the menacing sea in check; to a country estate where enormous ancient rowan trees control a man's destiny: and to dark, damp forests, rain-soaked gravesites, and other eerie settings.In Whistling Past the Churchyard, Jon Manchip White richly depicts these odd Welsh characters and artfully renders the rugged beauty of the Welsh landscape that serves as the backdrop for these sometimes amusing, sometimes terrifying, but always mystifying tales.

Whistling Past the Churchyard: Strange Tales from a Superstitious Welshman

Literature & Fiction

Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt

Studies the customs and habits of the early Egyptians including descriptions, of their professions, homes, fashions, diet and towns

Peter Bedrick Books

Remarkably accurate picture of Egyptian life from the end of the third millenium BC to the Greek occupation in 330 BC examines the roles and tasks assigned to each section of the community and describes how people spent their leisure hours, how they dressed, what they ate and drank, and more. "A handy reference tool." €” Horn Book. 120 illustrations.

Hippocrene Books

A compulsive clmber is given a mysterious assignment, an architect designs an underground maze for a rich, eccentric Texan, and a secret group of industrialists and arms makers try to revive gladitorial games

Fevers and Chills: Three Extravagant Tales

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Countryman Pr

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Cortés and the downfall of the Aztec empire: A study in a conflict of cultures,

A world elsewhere: One man's fascination with the American Southwest

Everyday Life of the North American Indian

Everyday Life of the North American Indian

Ancient Egypt: Its Culture and History

The Journeying Boy: Scenes from a Welsh Childhood (Traveler)

Whistling Past the Churchyard: Strange Tales from a Superstitious Welshman

Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt

Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt

Fevers and Chills: Three Extravagant Tales