Early Civilizations in the Americas: Biography and Primary Sources

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Early Civilizations within the Americas: Biographies and Number one Sources presents a number of twenty-three biographies and Number one sources—both text and photographs of artifacts—that offer detailed and focused views of the folk of the early American civilizations, the artifacts they left in the back of, and the sources upon which the history of the early American civilizations are based totally. The amount is divided into three chapters: the Incas, the Mayas and their Ancestors, and the Aztec Empire. Each and every chapter is arranged loosely by topic and chronology. The biographies include Inca emperor Pachacutec, Maya king Pacal, and Aztec emperor Montezuma II. The main sources feature artifacts such as the Inca quipu, or knotted counting cords, the Maya sacred calendar, and the Aztec Sun Stone. Also included are excerpts from the memoirs and histories compiled by indigenous writers and Spanish missionaries and conquerors within the decades following the conquest.

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