Aztec, Mixtec and Zapotec Armies

Informationen zum Autor Dr. John Pohl is Adjunct Full Professor in the Department of Art History at UCLA. He has conducted numerous archaeological excavations and surveys in Mexico and Central America as well as the Catalan region of southern France. Dr. Pohl has worked on museum exhibitions for Princeton University, the Getty, and with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to film productions for the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, the BBC and Dreamworks. Angus McBride was one of the world's most respected historical illustrators, and contributed to over 100 Osprey titles over several decades. Klappentext Around AD 1450 a new Mexican nation emerged called the Aztec Empire of the Triple Alliance. They succeeded in making themselves the most powerful and feared civilisation in the Americas. The Mixtec and Zapotec peoples were contemporaries of the Aztec nations, and both formed alliances and fought many wars against them. With Angus McBride's usual quality artwork on eight full page colour plates, plus plenty of other illustrations from various sources, this work by John Pohl investigates the history, uniforms and weaponry of Aztec, Mixtec and Zapotec armies. Zusammenfassung Details the army of Mexico from the collapse of the Classic centres in around 850AD until the arrival of the Spanish armies around 1520, including the Aztecs, Toltecs and their enemies. The book examines the emergence of the new Mexican nation called the Aztec Empire of the Triple Alliance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction · Chronology · Aztecs of the Triple Alliance · The Aztec-Chichimec Alliance · Wars Between the Alliances · The Mixtec and Zapotec · Mixtec War and Politics · The Plates

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Angus McBride, John Pohl, John M.D. Pohl, Pohl John
• Mitarbeit: Angus McBride (Illustration), McBride Angus (Illustration)
• Verlag: Osprey Publishers
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.11.1991
• EAN: 9781855321595
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-159-5
• Seiten: 48
• Abmessung: 185 mm x 247 mm x 5 mm
• Serien: Man at Arms; Men-at-Arms; Men-at-Arms; Men-At-Arms (Osprey); Man at Arms
• Themen: Sachbuch; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung; Mexico, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, CE period up to c 1500, Warfare & defence, c 1500 onwards to present day, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, History of the Americas, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, History of the Americas: pre-Columbian period, Land forces and warfare, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces, HISTORY / Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era