Author: Kelly Mass
Narrator: Chris Newman, John Michael Jalonen
Unabridged: 3 hr 57 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Published: 02/10/2022
This combo contains the following topics:
1 - Have you ever wondered what the Maya people did? How they lived? How their empire grew? Then this is the right book for you. In this book, we'll go over the most important discoveries about the Mayans, the Central American inhabitants that were in the region hundreds of years before the journey to the New World by European settlers and conquistadores.
2 - When you think of the Aztecs, you might think of certain movies you have seen or what you've been taught in history class. And although some of those images and descriptions fit the main narrative, there is still much left to be discovered. This brief book will take you on a journey and kidnap your imagination to a faraway place in time.
3 - It’s a hard name to pronounce, but hey, it’s been the legend of Native American peoples for centuries. Was it a man? Was it a god? Was it a white person? Or was it some animal or strange thing? Quetzalcoatl is an Aztec divine being whose name originates from the Nahuatl language and meaning "valuable snake" or "Quetzal-feathered Snake." "Quetzalcoatl, in its actual sense, means 'snake of valuable plumes,' but in the allegorical sense, 'best of men,'" said Ixtlilxochitl, a descendant of Aztec royalty and history expert of the Nahua people, in the 17th century.
4 - Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a revolutionary in Mexico. He was a key figure in the Mexican Revolt of the years 1910 until 1920, and also the primary leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos and the creator of the Zapatismo agrarian movement.
Welcome to the world of the Zapotecs – an ancient civilization that flourished in what is now Mexico. The Zapotecs are renowned for their incredible achievements in cultural, religious, and technological advancements, and for the rise of their...
The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with large, well-fed large populations. They mastered the...
The Mexican Revolution was a great revolution that included a series of army local battles instead of a single united struggle. It destroyed the Federal Force and changed it with an innovative army, changing Mexican civilization and governance at th...
The Cristero War in Mexico is the last great armed movement in a country that for a hundred years suffered revolution after revolution, in an apparently endless cycle. Ignored for decades, the war was long seen simply as an unwanted corollary of th...
When the Spaniards "discovered" Yucatan, they thought it was an island. Although they later realized that it was part of the vast country that Cortes had conquered, they were not very wrong to think of it as an isle, considering the zealous and inde...
If you are curious about how the extraordinary Aztecs lived and ran their empire, then pay attention!The remarkable Aztecs formed a vast, organized empire renown for military prowess, expansive trade, intriguing culture, and ingenious agriculture &n...
“We are so superior to the Mexicans in race, in organization, in discipline, in morality and in elevation of feeling, that I beg your Excellency to be so good as to inform the emperor that I am already master of Mexico.” - French General...
Discover the captivating culture and history of the Ancient Maya! · Uncover the secrets of the Ancient Maya – their cities, kings, religious rituals, and more·  ...
On March 10, 1920, in Pachuca, Mexico, the Compañía de Santa Gertrudis-the largest employer in the region, and a subsidiary of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company-may have committed murder. The alert was first ra...