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The history of a great culture. Despite the efforts of Aztecs and Mayas to appease their war gods with countless human sacrifices, hundreds of thousands of brave warriors fell before the onslaught of Spanish steel, cannon and cavalry during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This book traces the rise of the Aztec and Mayan civilizations -from their shadowy origns in Central or Latin America to the establishment of urban centers and dependent colonies.
