A Rain of Darts: The Mexica Aztecs
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A Rain of Darts: The Mexica Aztecs

A Rain of Darts: The Mexica Aztecs

by Burr Cartwright Brundage

Overview

The exciting and important history of the Mexican Indians who founded Tenochtitlan and who created from it what is known as the Aztec empire.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780292739932
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 03/01/2012
Series: Texas Pan American
Pages: 386
Sales rank: 864,112
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Burr Cartwright Brundage (1912–1993) was Professor of History at Eckerd College.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Fall of Tula
  • 2. The Mexica Gain a King
  • 3. Mexico under Tezozomoc
  • 4. The Tepaneca War
  • 5. The Composition of Heaven and Earth
  • 6. Moteuczoma I and the State
  • 7. The Wars of Moteuczoma
  • 8. The Sacred Nature of the Mexican State
  • 9. The Reign of Axayacatl
  • 10. Two Kings of the Middle Period
  • 11. Moteuczoma II and the Presences
  • 12. The Failure of a Mexican Tlatoani
  • 13. Of What Advantage Pride?
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Chronological Chart
  • References
  • Index

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