Beyond Human Sacrifice.(exhibition of Aztec treasures reveals sophisticated culture) Newsweek International (11/25/2002)
...fragile foundations of the Aztec achievement. Ironically, it was the Aztecs' belief in gods that allowed...the capital city in 1520, Aztec ruler Montezuma welcomed him...wind. The mistake led to the Aztecs' downfall. Cortes's army...

Who were the Aztecs? Calliope (12/1/2005)
...Honduras, and El Salvador. The Aztecs learned much from earlier...Teotihuacan. For example, the Aztecs based their calendar on that...Europeans at the time. The Aztecs made knives from obsidian...In modern times, however, Aztec achievements ...

Aztecs, jokes, bones, and poetry The Boston Globe (6/6/1999)
...Measured by intellectual achievement and material splendor, the Aztecs were one of the most advanced...to their jealous gods, the Aztecs built Tenochtitlan, their...the middle of a lake. The Aztecs' architecture was superb...Spaniards in 1519, and the ...

ON THE WEB: LIVE ONLINE GAME BLOG AT WWW.SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM/SPORTS; LOBOS LOOKING TO REWRITE HISTORY AGAINST AZTECS.(Sports) The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) (2/6/2010)
...that 75-64 road loss to the Aztecs was followed four days later...second-half scoring run by the Aztecs put the game out of reach from...for conference play." The Aztecs used their size to stifle the...company, he said individual achievement isn't on top of ...

Anthropolitics: Dana Milbank explains why Scott McClellan resembles the sin-eating goddess of the Aztecs.(Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes That Run Our Government)(Book review) Washington Monthly (12/1/2007)
...A mention of Tlazolteotl, the sin-eating goddess of the Aztecs, takes us to Scott McClellan and the other political spokesmen...the Washington Post, keeps things moving. One of his best achievements is that he never lingers on a single individual; even such...

Imaginary Encounters with the New World: Native American Utopias in 18th-Century French Novels.(Critical Essay) Utopian Studies (3/22/2000)
...temptation, while in another, "Des Coches" (1586-88), he expresses admiration for the specific cultural achievements of the Aztecs and the Incas. Moreover, in both texts, he also makes frequent use of the principle of attachment, building...

Who's who in Mesoamerica. Calliope (1/1/2004)
...They did so, in particular, to the Aztecs who followed them. It was the Aztec encounter with the Spanish in 1519 that...accounts, the Spanish were amazed at the achievements and sophistication of Aztec civilization. Perhaps their surprise...

Cities captured by master strokes The Boston Globe (2/22/2009)
...THROUGH APRIL 19 CHICAGO "The Aztec World": The Field Museum is the...for this comprehensive survey of Aztec culture, which for more than two...more than 300 objects, highlights Aztec achievements in art, agriculture, trade...

The enigma of Columbus, the New World's author; the great navigator's achievements and misdeeds still resonate across the centuries.(Originated from KRT FORUM) Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service (10/8/1998)
...murderer and thief. His achievements were set aside as the...sacrificial knives of the Aztecs. The knives had been...000 prisoners--both Aztec and Spanish sources...the dedication of the Aztecs' Great Temple. As...Spanish conquest of the ...