Aztecs reign of blood & Splendor Summary
. The book I have decided to read is Dale Brown’s “Lost Civilizations Aztecs: Reign of blood & Splendor”. Dale’s book Aztecs; Reign of Blood and Splendor takes place in many different time periods because the book takes place from ancient Aztec civilizations through modern times or twentieth century. Like during the BC period and twentieth century. Also, Dale’s book is a nonfiction about ancient Aztec civilizations. The book begins with Hernan Cortes taking over the Aztecs civilization and controlling their lives. However, the book ends, with describing the daily lives of the Ancient Aztec culture. “The Aztecs farmed lived in mud brick. For a living both Aztec men and women farmed fields, wove cloth, hauled stones, dug canals, fired pots, shaped canoes, polished obsidian, hammered copper tools and created objects of commanding beauty” (Aztecs reign of blood and …show more content…
I believe the early Postclassic period was significant because in AD 986 the Aztecs carved a round calendar stone called the Road Map to The End of The World. The calendar stone predicted when the world will end and “the stone symbolized the destruction of the four previous worlds by Jaguars, hurricanes, volcanic fires and torrential rains” (Aztecs reign of blood & splendor 11). I believe the Early Postclassic AD is also a significant event because “In AD 1100 the Aztecs migration began they left their ancestral homeland Aztlan or present Mexico City for Tenochtitlan” (Aztecs reign of blood & splendor 48). So, in my opinion, I believe Dale Brown’s book was interesting because it has taught me about the Early Postclassic period in AD 900-1250. I have learned that the Aztecs carved a calendar that will predict the end of the world and the Aztecs migrated to
. The book I have decided to read is Dale Brown’s “Lost Civilizations Aztecs: Reign of blood & Splendor”. Dale’s book Aztecs; Reign of Blood and Splendor takes place in many different time periods because the book takes place from ancient Aztec civilizations through modern times or twentieth century. Like during the BC period and twentieth century. Also, Dale’s book is a nonfiction about ancient Aztec civilizations. The book begins with Hernan Cortes taking over the Aztecs civilization and controlling their lives. However, the book ends, with describing the daily lives of the Ancient Aztec culture. “The Aztecs farmed lived in mud brick. For a living both Aztec men and women farmed fields, wove cloth, hauled stones, dug canals, fired pots, shaped canoes, polished obsidian, hammered copper tools and created objects of commanding beauty” (Aztecs reign of blood and …show more content…
I believe the early Postclassic period was significant because in AD 986 the Aztecs carved a round calendar stone called the Road Map to The End of The World. The calendar stone predicted when the world will end and “the stone symbolized the destruction of the four previous worlds by Jaguars, hurricanes, volcanic fires and torrential rains” (Aztecs reign of blood & splendor 11). I believe the Early Postclassic AD is also a significant event because “In AD 1100 the Aztecs migration began they left their ancestral homeland Aztlan or present Mexico City for Tenochtitlan” (Aztecs reign of blood & splendor 48). So, in my opinion, I believe Dale Brown’s book was interesting because it has taught me about the Early Postclassic period in AD 900-1250. I have learned that the Aztecs carved a calendar that will predict the end of the world and the Aztecs migrated to