Aztecs Book Report

The Aztecs is a book in which it illustrates the history of the Aztecs and timeline of events in which lead to the fall of its once powerful empire. The book gives the basic background of the Aztecs culture, civilization, and the evolution of the empire while giving the history of the different emperors that reigned. As stated in this excerpt from the book, “The Aztecs rulers were not abject supplicants, fearing a punitive deity, but active agents performing an essential role in the change of seasons. The long pilgrimage had brought the kings from the floor of the valley, across the lake, and up through chasms to zone of ritual danger on the mountain top.”
The quote from the book gives a brief example of some of the king 's sacred duties as rulers. The Aztec nation established one of the biggest empires in the world. With its illustrious land, architecture, religion, …show more content…
People should take the time to explore this culture and time period in which modern civilization took most of their discoveries and methods to help get ideas to improve monuments and sculptures. Townsend goes deep inside the history of the Aztecs giving a clear view and understanding of the different events, religious symbols and culture. Townsend presented things like the surrender of Tenochtitlan, their calendar system, and the alliance of the Tlacopan, Tetzcoco, and Tlatelolco. I believe that the main thesis of this book was to provide history of the Aztecs which can give great insight on the culture as a whole. The book seems to be more of a reference instead of a story to just read. If a person had to do a report on the Aztecs this book would be a great reference just from all the info that was provided from Townsend’s. Townsend’s gives an enormous amount of facts about different periods, war battles, the expansion of the aztecs, and etc. An example of some facts were during the Ahuizotl’s