Table of Contents
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PART 1: MAYA CIVILIZATION
A CAPTIVATING GUIDE TO MAYA HISTORY AND MAYA MYTHOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
PART 1 – HISTORY
CHAPTER 1: THE ORIGINS OF THE MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS
CHAPTER 2: THE PRECLASSIC PERIOD AND THE MAGNIFICENT ZAPOTEC
CHAPTER 3: THE CLASSIC PERIOD, DOOMSDAY CALENDAR, AND THE MYSTERY OF THE RED QUEEN
CHAPTER 4: FOOD, RITES, AND GRUESOME TALES
CHAPTER 5: THE DECLINE OF THE MAYA CIVILIZATION AND HUMAN SACRIFICE
CHAPTER 6: LATE POSTCLASSIC PERIOD AND THE SPANISH CONQUEST
CHAPTER 7: MAYA TODAY
PART 2 – MYTHOLOGY
CHAPTER 8: MAYA CREATION STORY
CHAPTER 9: THE MAYA COSMOLOGY
ENDNOTES
PART 2: AZTEC
A CAPTIVATING GUIDE TO AZTEC HISTORY AND THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE OF TENOCHTITLAN, TETZCOCO, AND TLACOPAN
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 – THE ORIGINS OF AZTECS: A TRIBE DESTINED FOR GREATNESS
CHAPTER 2 – THE UNWELCOME ARRIVAL IN MEXICO VALLEY
CHAPTER 3 – THE RISE OF TENOCHTITLÁN AND THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE
CHAPTER 4 – THE GREATEST AZTEC KINGS AND THEIR HERITAGE
CHAPTER 5 – THE SPLENDOR OF TENOCHTITLÁN
CHAPTER 6 - A GUIDED TOUR AROUND TENOCHTITLÁN
CHAPTER 7 – RITES, RITUALS, AND DELICIOUS RECIPES
CHAPTER 8 – THE FALL OF TENOCHTITLÁN
CONCLUSION
PART 3: INCAS
A CAPTIVATING GUIDE TO THE HISTORY OF THE INCA EMPIRE AND CIVILIZATION
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 – HOW THE INCAS RECORDED THEIR HISTORY
CHAPTER 2 - THE INCA CREATION MYTH
CHAPTER 3 – THE FOUNDING OF THE GREAT CITY OF CUZCO
CHAPTER 4 - THE FIRST DYNASTY OF INCA RULERS AND THEIR GREATEST DEEDS
CHAPTER 5 - THE SECOND DYNASTY OF INCA RULERS AND THEIR GREATEST DEEDS
CHAPTER 6 – THE RISE OF THE INCA EMPIRE: A COSMOLOGICAL EVENT?
CHAPTER 7 – SOCIAL ORDER IN THE INCA SOCIETY
CHAPTER 8 – THE DIFFERENT ROLES OF WOMEN IN THE INCA SOCIETY
CHAPTER 9 – INCA RELIGIOUS ORDER AND IDEOLOGY
CHAPTER 10 – TOUR OF THE GREATEST INCA SIGHTS
CHAPTER 11 - FROM PACHACUTI TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPANISH
CHAPTER 12 – THE SPANISH CONQUEST
CHAPTER 13 - THE AFTERMATH AND THE INCA LEGACY
CONCLUSION
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