How to Be an Aztec Warrior

Have you sharpened your weapons? Are you ready for battle? Can you speak Classical Nahuatl? Do you know the legend of the vision of the eagle clutching the snake on a prickly pear cactus--the first signal to our ancestors of the site our great city of Tenochtitlan? Can you take prisoners and bring them back alive to offer as human sacrifice to the gods? Only then may you cut your hair! So are you ready for your initiation as an Aztec Warrior?

Info autore

Fiona MacDonaldstudied history at Cambridge University and the University of East Anglia. She has taught in schools and universities, and is the author of numerous books for children on historical topics, such as the Middle Ages and ancient Rome. Some of these titles include How to Be an Aztec Warrior and How to Be a Medieval Knight.

Riassunto

Have you sharpened your weapons? Are you ready for battle? Can you speak Classical Nahuatl? Do you know the legend of the vision of the eagle clutching the snake on a prickly pear cactus-the first signal to our ancestors of the site our great city of Tenochtitlan? Can you take prisoners and bring them back alive to offer as human sacrifice to the gods? Only then may you cut your hair! So are you ready for your initiation as an Aztec Warrior?

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Testo aggiuntivo

"High-interest topics brought to life through readable texts." School Library Journal

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Fiona Macdonald
• Con la collaborazione di: Dave Antram (Illustrazione), Mark Bergin (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Disney Publishing Group
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 7 a 10 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781426301681
• ISBN: 978-1-4263-0168-1
• Pagine: 32
• Dimensioni: 201 mm x 260 mm x 4 mm
• Peso: 141 g
• Serie: How To Be; How to Be (National Geographic; How To Be
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Storia, politica; Libri scolastici > Libri scolastici per istituti a indirizzo generale