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Ancient Cultural Development and Anthropomorphic Gods

addresses the divine" (Smith PG). Greek mythology is replete with examples of how anthropomorphic gods influenced cultural behavi...

Are the Aztec Codices Art or Language?

elements in their temples and homes, would also lend credibility to the fact that the codices were a form of written language, rat...

Ancient Aztec Courtship and Marriage Ceremonies

said that because someone can invent it, that it does not necessarily mean that it should be invented. From all accounts the Aztec...

Incas and Aztecs

leaders. In another section of the document we note that people were provided to help transport goods, and that the leaders wou...

GM and the Pontiac Aztec Failure

In twelve pages this paper discusses how the subsidiary of General Motors failed in its SUV Pontiac Aztec development and launchin...

Aztec Culture and Myth

superstitious. They are often deemed psychotic by the institutions that are common to modern society, something that demonstrates ...

Consideration of Aztec Codices

people of Mexico have a very complex and elegant non-linear writing style. We call their ancient documents codices (hieroglyphic p...

Myths on Creation

In ten pages the various stories on creation such as Western, Aztec and Mayan, Greco Roman, China, Mesopotamia, and Egypt civiliza...

Overview of the Aztec Empire

This paper consists of six pages and examines the Aztec Empire in an historical overview. Five sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Mythology of Native Americans

cites that as many as several hundred thousand must exist collectively (Gill & Sullivan, 1992). Each myth that I came across was...

European Settlers and the Impact of Indian Culture

In six pages this paper discusses the colonial cultural impact of the Aztec and Mayan Indians. Fifteen sources are cited in the b...

Latin America's Native Civilizations

In four pages preColumbian Latin American history is examines in a consideration of Mayan and Aztec, tribes including Toltec and O...

An Exploration of Aztec Art

In a paper consisting of six pages various aspects of Aztec art are explored in terms of history, culture, and influence, with per...

Similarities and Differences Between Art of Incas and Aztecs

There are many similarities and differences between the art of the Incas and Aztecs. This paper analyzes each, touching on the str...

An Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

This 6 page essay examines author Miguel Leon Portilla's "The Broken Spears : The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico&quo...

Aztec Calendar or 'Sun Stone'

of the Aztecs (Nahuatl), it is called the tonalpohualli simply meaning the "day-count." The tonalpohualli and the xiuhpohualli c...

Aztec Poetry

in the way the political world was playing out in the conquest. And clearly he argues that the poetry was never simple. This seems...

Suffering and Conflict in Cultures

not necessarily better than the other. Death was perceived as a place, a further step in life that would offer more security and s...

Women in Toltec and Aztec History

is also an element to the culture that believes in the forces that are both feminine and masculine, studying both in order to bett...

Aztec Influence: Mexican and Mexican-American Artists

joined with an interest in surrealism. Surrealism emphasized the role of dreams and the unconscious in the creative process. To th...

Aztec Emperor, Montezuma

This research paper discusses features that characterized the rule of Montezuma and how these personality traits influenced the Sp...

A Review of The Broken Spears The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

arrival of the Spanish using Aztec omens. Chapter 2 provides us with the first impressions of the Spanish presented from Aztec ey...

Aztec Ruins National Monument of New Mexico

In five pages the location, history, and meaning of these Anasazi ruins that date back to approximately 1000 A.D. are examined. S...

Meso American Civilizations of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca

In six pages this essay contrasts and compares these early Meso American civilizations in terms of organizational, agricultural, r...

Modern American, Aztec, and Yanomamo Families and Gender Structures Compared

agriculture, they are also considered fierce warrior tribes. Researchers have determined that the average population of a Yanomamo...

Cross-Cultural Awareness through Films and Interviews

still evident and part of the legal system in which case provided some legal standing for peoples separatist attitudes. Since the ...

2 Books on the Spanish Armada

able to find data that yielded "new evidence," which weakened certain viewpoints while strengthening others.1 Mattingly, first o...

David Weber/Barbaros

A 3 page book review on David Weber's text Barbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment. This comprehensive t...

The History Of The Spanish Language

for practical matters, in order to trade and communicate. This take u was a slow progression and started the influences of modern ...

Twentieth Century Immigration in America

Spanish-language rhetoric on the radio and in the cafes" (29). In addition to conveying the flavor of Latin-American life, Tobar ...