The book, for the first time in Russian historiography, comprehensively describes one of the three great ancient civilizations of America. The work is based on a huge amount of factual material, the use of which turns it into a compendium of knowledge about the Aztecs.

CONTENTS: Preface.

Chapter 1. Aztecs in the centuries: the main stages of political history

• Ancestors and the beginning of history

• The Mexican Valley: the fate of peoples and cultures in the pre-Aztec period

• The founding of Tenochtitlan

• Acamapichtli - the first Aztec ruler< /p>

• The reign of Huitsilihuitl

• History of the Aztecs and the Valley of Mexico under Chimalpopoca

• Tlatoani Itzcoatl and his era: gaining independence and the beginning of the rise of the Aztec state

< p>• Motecusoma I the Elder: conqueror and reformer

• Axayacatl: Tlatoani commander

• Tisoc - the mysterious Tlatoani

• Tlatoani Ahuitzotl and the peak of the Aztec conquests< /p>

• Motecusoma II the Younger - the last pre-Hispanic Tlatoani

• The meeting of two worlds: Indians and conquistadors.

Chapter 2. Economy, material culture and property system

• Ethnodemographic characteristics

• Gathering, hunting, fishing

• Agricultural production

• Forms of land tenure

• Craft< /p>

• Trade

• Means of transportation

• System of duties.

Chapter 3. Social structure of ancient Aztec society

• Social structure of ancient Aztec society

• Secular and military nobility

• Priesthood

• Traders

• Craftsmen

• Community and community members

• Mayeks

• Slaves.

Chapter 4. Aztec state: structure of power, governance and law

• Aztec state: structure of power, administration and law

• Tlatoani and the highest level of power and administration

• Territorial structure and administration of conquered peoples

• Customary law and legal relations

• Conclusion.

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• Notes

• List of illustrations 1

• List of illustrations 2

• List of illustrations 3

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• List of illustrations 5

• List of references