Previously published as four separate volumes, Step into the Aztec and Maya worlds, Step into the Inca world, Step into the world of North American Indians and Step into the Arctic world.

[Part 1] Aztec -- 1. The historical and geographical background of the Aztecs -- 2. The people -- 3. The Aztec "kings" and the directing classes -- 4. The achievements -- [Part 2] Maya -- 1. This ...

When Hernan Cortes, the Spaniard who conquered Mexico, and his small army first saw the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1519, many in the group wondered aloud if they were dreaming. Rising in ...

The Aztec Empire flourished in the Valley of Mexico between A.D. 1325 and 1519 and was the last great civilization before the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century. When you purchase ...

The Aztec outnumbered the Spanish, but that didn't stop Hernán Cortés from seizing Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, in 1521. This 18th-century oil painting, part of the Conquest of Mexico series at ...