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Historical Dictionary of Mexico
Marvin Alisky
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Description for Historical Dictionary of Mexico
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of the Americas. Num Pages: 744 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1144.
For almost three thousand years Mexico was the site of some of the most advanced Indian civilizations, most notably the Aztec and Mayan. In many ways, these civilizations were more advanced than their European contemporaries, especially in such spheres as astronomy, mathematics, and city organization. Upon seeing the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán, for the first time, Spanish explorer Bernal Díaz del Castillo was awed by its beauty and confessed he had never seen a city in Spain that could match it. However, Díaz del Castillo's arrival coincided with that of Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico who captured the Aztec ... Read more
For almost three thousand years Mexico was the site of some of the most advanced Indian civilizations, most notably the Aztec and Mayan. In many ways, these civilizations were more advanced than their European contemporaries, especially in such spheres as astronomy, mathematics, and city organization. Upon seeing the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán, for the first time, Spanish explorer Bernal Díaz del Castillo was awed by its beauty and confessed he had never seen a city in Spain that could match it. However, Díaz del Castillo's arrival coincided with that of Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico who captured the Aztec ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
Series
Historical Dictionaries of the Americas
Number of Pages
744
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810859951
SKU
V9780810859951
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About Marvin Alisky
Marvin Àlisky has published over 200 magazine, encyclopedia, and yearbook articles, mostly on Latin America (mainly Mexico)—including newspaper articles for the Wall Street Journal and Christian Science Monitor. He has published eight books and co-authored ten other volumes, mostly collections of studies on Latin American topics. In 1974, he was President Ford's advisor at his meeting with President Echeverría at ... Read more
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