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Aztec Civilization: A History From Beginning to End Paperback – May 20, 2019
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Aztec History
The Aztec Empire did not recoil from the face of an impending doom, they struggled faithfully. Destined to emerge from their humble beginnings, it grew into a highly-complex devoted civilization refusing to live at the mercy of more neighboring powerful rulers. Their powerful pocheca combed the valley for luxury items while markets dotted their lands.Inside you will find...
- Introduction- How the Aztecs Are Portrayed and How Their History Survives
- Defining Moments and their Search to Expand and Save the World
- Their Philosophy: its Impact on Social Life and How it Served the Kings
- Conclusion
Isolated from the Old World until the devastating Spanish conquest, the Aztec macehualtin (commoners) and nobles enhanced their positions while kings and relentless warriors dealt with the political realities of powerful dynasties and rivaling kingdoms. They developed a philosophy, an order and a society built on loyalty, stoic honor and sacrifice as they embraced the temporary nature of things. Investigate the era of the Fifth Sun and what defined the Aztecs and their relationship with the divine.
- Print length49 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMay 20, 2019
- Dimensions6 x 0.12 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101099411165
- ISBN-13978-1099411168
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- Publisher : Independently published (May 20, 2019)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 49 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1099411165
- ISBN-13 : 978-1099411168
- Item Weight : 2.88 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.12 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,856,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #252 in Aztec History
- #1,686 in Mexico History
- #2,872 in History of Civilization & Culture
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However (and now for the bad), there are some very distracting features in this book: first, the almost psycho-babble intro attempting to make a social connection to the present and to make excuses for or justify Aztec practices (they need none; they did not share our time, space, or value system) is a waste of time (at least if your intent is to read history). Luckily that only lasts a few pages. Secondly, the writing is pretty disjointed and does not flow well--although your brain will adapt after a few pages, it is hard at times to keep track with all the jumping around. To be fair, it is a short book and one would expect a "whirlwind" approach to get everything in there. Thirdly, and worst of all in my opinion, is the CONSTANT interruption of the narrative with the inclusion of references to other books. PLEASE!!! Footnotes or bibliography replacement of the adolescent "according to" in-line references would make reading this book a hundredfold more smooth, readable, and pleasant. It is not necessary to constantly insert "brain-stops" every other sentence.
Anyway, there is some interesting material within if you can get past the above annoyances. It would also have been nice to keep the material in a more strict chronological order, although it is loosely ordered. The book does, however, introduce the topic and some talking points that can be further researched if it sparks your curiosity. One thing I did find interesting is the suggestion by some (referenced) historians that the Aztec originated as far north as the Kanab, Utah area before journeying south. That will likely result in some further research on my part... so something good DID come out of the book for me, even with the annoyances. :-)
There is some good information in this book but there were too many distractions from the main subject, the writing did not flow and it all felt disjointed. I am going to chalk this one up as a "one off" lax moment as I have and do enjoy the bulk of the HH books. My suggestion-pass on this book and find one of the other short history books available for kindle.
To the potential reader: you are definitely going to need some experience in ancient/modern Mexican Language (Name/Place) pronunciations, and a basic awareness of the overlapping/intertwining of Mexican/Spanish/Native American History to sail through this one -- but it is well worth it. As someone who has studied the Mayans in light of this past century's invaluable discoveries, including the advances in interpreting the language of the stellae, leading to our much greater understanding of their history and culture (though admittedly at my temporary neglect of the Aztecs), I am extremely pleased to have chosen this book as my new "diving board"! I look forward to reading other books in this series, at the appropriate times for my studies, and definitely recommend others do likewise. Either as an introduction, a synopsis or a refresher: I don't think you can go wrong with Hourly History.
As a footnote, I must personally add that I noticed less than a handful of minor editing needs (only pertaining to articles, conjunctions, complex sentence structure, and the like)... this in itself is also quite amazing for a free e-book. Buy Now: you have a lot to learn!
The author presented the information in a way that held my interest for most of the book. However, it seems as though the vast majority of the book was spent on analysis and opinions of the Aztec philosophy on life and the concepts of their culture. I found myself getting just a bit bored with that part of it by the end of the book.
As I said, the author's writing was good, but I expected to read a little more about their temples, other architectural accomplishments and excavated items that came from their guilds. I realize that the Spanish conquistadors caused a lot of the Aztecs' manuscripts to be destroyed and also a change to their culture, but I still expected to read a little bit more about the conquering and the changes that came about because of it. All of these things were barely touched upon.
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There's some content, mostly references to other publications, but all in all it feels a bit disjointed and doesn't live up to the promise of going in dept into the sacrifice-culture. Too bad.










