Aztec society was divided into twenty clans called calpullis, where religion exerted a predominant influence, which consisted of groups of people connected by k

This book explores the aspiration to universal, imperial rule across Eurasian history from antiquity to the eighteenth century.

Papers from the 1986 Summer Seminar, "Empire, Province, and Village in Aztec History."

Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire before the Spanish conquest, rivaled any other great city of its time. In Europe, only Paris, Venice, and Constantinop

Illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry, and philosophy, who were also p