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The Ancient Future of the Itza: The Book

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Klappentext Refers to the Mayan custom of first predicting their history and then living it. "The Book of Chilam Balam" was a sacred text prepared by generations of Mayan priests to record the past and to predict the future. This title offers a literal but poetic translation of one of fourteen known manuscripts in Yucatecan Maya on ritual and history. Zusammenfassung Refers to the Mayan custom of first predicting their history and then living it. "The Book of Chilam Balam" was a sacred text prepared by generations of Mayan priests to record the past and to predict the future. This title offers a literal but poetic translation of one of fourteen known manuscripts in Yucatecan Maya on ritual and history.

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  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Seventh Century
    • 8 Ahau
      • 1. The First Chronicle
    • The Fifteenth Century
      • 8 Ahau
        • 2. The Fall of Mayapan
        • 3. The Conspiracy Collapses
      • 6 Ahau
        • 4. Uxmal and Chichen Itza
      • 4 Ahau
        • 5. Trials of the Itza
        • 6. Hopes of the Xiu
      • The Sixteenth Century
        • 2 Ahau
          • 7. A Note from Tihosuco
        • 13 Ahau
          • 8. A Time of Troubles
          • 9. The Council of Mayapan
          • 10. The End of the Era
        • 11 Ahau
          • 11. Divided Rule
          • 12. The Flower Katun of the Xiu
          • 13. The Mayapan Calendar of the Itza
          • 14. The Death of the Gods
        • 9 Ahau
          • 15. A Plea for Unity
          • 16. Civil War
          • 17. The Inquisition
        • 7 Ahau
          • 18. Demoralization
          • 19. The Council of Merida
        • The Seventeenth Century
          • 5 Ahau
            • 20. Merida under the Dons
            • 21. Zotz’il
            • 22. The Annals of Bacalar
          • 3 Ahau
            • 23. Merida under the Gallows
            • 24. Days of the Year
            • 25. The Seven-Day Week
            • 26. Zuyua
          • 1 Ahau
            • 27. The Last Jaguar of Merida
            • 28. The Surrender of Merida
            • 29. A Word from Mani
          • 12 Ahau
            • 30. Valladolid Fights On
            • 31. Class War
          • 10 Ahau
            • 32. Christian Victory
            • 33. Christian Defeat
          • The Eighteenth Century
            • 8 Ahau
              • 34. The Final Battle for Mayapan
            • 6 Ahau
              • 35. Chic Kalac Rebels
              • 36. Early History
            • 4 Ahau
              • 37. The War Is Over
              • 38. End of the Long Count
            • 2 Ahau
              • 39. The Valladolid Calendar
            • The Nineteenth Century
              • 13 Ahau
                • 40. The Burners
                • 41. The Word of Itzam Na
              • 11 Ahau
                • 42. Antonio Martinez
              • Appendix: The Mayan Calendar
              • Bibliography
              • Index


Product details

Authors Munro S. Edmonson
Assisted by Munro S. Edmonson (Translation)
Publisher External catalogues UK
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 17.11.2009
 
EAN 9780292721067
ISBN 978-0-292-72106-7
Series Texas Pan American
University of Texas Press
Texas Pan American Series
Texas Pan American
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history
Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity

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