Aztecs and Spaniards - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aztecs and Spaniards write by Albert Marrin. This book was released on 1986. Aztecs and Spaniards available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Describes the history and culture of the Aztec Indians in the Valley of Mexico and discusses how the arrival of the conquistador Hernando Cortes brought about the fall of their mighty empire.
Indian Conquistadors
Indian Conquistadors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Indian Conquistadors write by Laura E. Matthew. This book was released on 2014-02-13. Indian Conquistadors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The conquest of the New World would hardly have been possible if the invading Spaniards had not allied themselves with the indigenous population. This book takes into account the role of native peoples as active agents in the Conquest through a review of new sources and more careful analysis of known but under-studied materials that demonstrate the overwhelming importance of native allies in both conquest and colonial control. In Indian Conquistadors, leading scholars offer the most comprehensive look to date at native participation in the conquest of Mesoamerica. The contributors examine pictorial, archaeological, and documentary evidence spanning three centuries, including little-known eyewitness accounts from both Spanish and native documents, paintings (lienzos) and maps (mapas) from the colonial period, and a new assessment of imperialism in the region before the Spanish arrival. This new research shows that the Tlaxcalans, the most famous allies of the Spanish, were far from alone. Not only did native lords throughout Mesoamerica supply arms, troops, and tactical guidance, but tens of thousands of warriors—Nahuas, Mixtecs, Zapotecs, Mayas, and others—spread throughout the region to participate with the Spanish in a common cause. By offering a more balanced account of this dramatic period, this book calls into question traditional narratives that emphasize indigenous peoples’ roles as auxiliaries rather than as conquistadors in their own right. Enhanced with twelve maps and more than forty illustrations, Indian Conquistadors opens a vital new line of research and challenges our understanding of this important era.
Conquest
Conquest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Conquest write by Hugh Thomas. This book was released on 2013-04-16. Conquest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on newly discovered sources and writing with brilliance, drama, and profound historical insight, Hugh Thomas presents an engrossing narrative of one of the most significant events of Western history. Ringing with the fury of two great empires locked in an epic battle, Conquest captures in extraordinary detail the Mexican and Spanish civilizations and offers unprecedented in-depth portraits of the legendary opponents, Montezuma and Cortés. Conquest is an essential work of history from one of our most gifted historians.
Cortés and the Aztec Conquest
Cortés and the Aztec Conquest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cortés and the Aztec Conquest write by Irwin R. Blacker. This book was released on 2015-10-21. Cortés and the Aztec Conquest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In three years, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, leading a few hundred Spanish soldiers, overcame a centuries-old empire that could put tens of thousands of warriors on the field. Even after his god-like reputation had been shattered, and his horses and cannons were no longer regarded as supernatural, his ruthless daring took him on to victory. Yet in the end, his prize was not the gold that he had sought, but the destruction of the entire Aztec civilization.
Aztecs and Conquistadores
Aztecs and Conquistadores - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aztecs and Conquistadores write by John Pohl. This book was released on 2005-10-10. Aztecs and Conquistadores available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Spanish conquest of Mexico was a remarkable military expedition that had a huge impact on the history of the world. Hernán Cortés led the expedition, the aim of which was the addition of Mexico to the Spanish Empire, and the extraction of Aztec riches. Following the appearance of portents, the Aztecs were expecting a catastrophe in 1519, and the Spanish invasion fulfilled this expectation. Although they fought fiercely to the end, the Aztec civilisation was doomed, and the face of Mexico would be changed for ever. This book examines the campaign, but also the lives, training and experience of the men on both sides: the Spanish conquerors and their opponents, the exotic Aztecs, who were fighting for their lives and their civilisation. Contains material peviously published in Essential Histories 60, Warrior 32 and Warrior 40.
