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THE LONG MIGRATION CONTINUES: The Aztecs pause from time to time to hunt and to sacrifice victims captured in skirmishes The men walking are god-bearers carrying symbols of the Aztec gods (The image of Huitzilopochtli as Reposing Shield brings up the rear)
HUITZILOPCHTLI (Patron God Of The Aztecs): “The Hummingbird Of The South” This scene represents his birth from Coatlicue (“Serpents Her Skirt”) on Coetepec (“Hill Of The Serpent”) -- Compare to the Birth of Athena
Page 1 and 2: CONQUEST OF THE AMERICAS
Page 3 and 4: “The Arrival Of Cortez,” Diego
Page 8 and 9: THE CODEX BOTURINI: The departure o
Page 12 and 13: COYOLXAUHQUI DISMEMBERED This giant
Page 14 and 15: Teotihuacan (“Place of the Gods
Page 16 and 17: Royal Dynasty of Tenochtitlan
Page 18: Tribute to Tenochtitlan from an imp
Page 21 and 22: Rewards for taking prisoners in bat
Page 23 and 24: A scene of human sacrifice from the
Page 25 and 26: The Tudela Codex depicts various fo
Page 27 and 28: AZTEC CALENDAR STONE The Sun god To
Page 29 and 30: The Aztec New Fire Ceremony
Page 32 and 33: THE CODEX BORGIA A screen-fold of d
Page 34 and 35: Eight high lords of Tenochtitlan So
Page 36 and 37: A late-15 th C. Aztec Lord
Page 38 and 39: Aztec wooden-collar slaves
Page 40: Tenochtitlan (Mexico City): The hea
Page 43 and 44: A sculpture from the Templo Mayor a
Page 45: A map of the Metropolitan Region of
Page 48 and 49: Hiram Bingham Crossing The Urubama
Page 50 and 51: Part of the so-called House of the
Page 52: The Temple Of The Three Windows has
Page 55: Felipe Huaman Poma de Ayala - The m
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A statue of Manco Capac in Lima
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Chavin de Huantar: The centre for C
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Tiwanaku’s massive Gate Of The Su
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The ruins of Pikillacta, an old pro
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A statue of Prince Yupanqui or Pach
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Pachacuti as represented on a Cuzco
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Huayna Capac, The 11 th ruler of th
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The four suyus of Tawantinsuyu
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An Inca quipocamayoc
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Because their were no wheeled vehic
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A modern reconstruction of an Inca
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The son of a local leader, this mes
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A qollqa storage structure perched
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Inca terraces
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Inca engineers straightened the mea
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A statue of Pachucuti
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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURES: THE
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CURACAS At the local level Andean s
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An Inca Gold Figurine
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PANACAS The panaca was an instituti
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ACLLAS Another class operating outs
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A pair of nobles build walls symbol
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A re-creation of the Inti Raymi Fes
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A representation of an Inti Raymi F
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Bent in a fetal position, the seven
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The ruins of the ancient temple of
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To demonstrate the sizes of his mum
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At Diablo Huasi, just south of Pueb
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CONQUEST OF THE AMERICAS • 1492:
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The meeting between Cortes and La M
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The coronation Of Moctezuma II (150
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Cortes sinks his fleet as represent
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The sacred volcano of Popocatepetl
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Cortes welcomed at the court of Mon
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Skull-mask representing God of Deat
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Montezuma is forced by the Spanish
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A smallpox pandemic devastates the
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According to Aztec sources, there w
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Portrait of Cortes as a Spanish gen
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Pizarro and Diego de Almagro sailin
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Francisco Pizarro demands a roomful
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The execution of Atahuallpa (1533)
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Remains of the palace of the Inca a
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Manco Inca leads the siege of Cuzco
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Tupac Amaru (executed by the Spanis
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The richest silver mines in the wor
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The Spanish in Florida in the 16 th
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Cabeza de Vaca depicted as a healer
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Bartoleme de Las Casas, A Short Acc
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Mural in today’s Cuzco commemorat
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Virgin of Carmen Festival held east
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Virgin of Guadalupe of Tepeyac, Mex
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Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe o
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Mexico City today. The Metropolitan
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The National Museum Of Anthropology
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