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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Note on Sources and Conventions Used | |
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| List of Maps and Illustrations | |
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| Introduction: Civilizations in Conflict | |
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| A Long Tradition: The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica | |
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| Tenochtitlan: The Foundation of Heaven | |
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| Mexica Civilization and Society | |
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| Renaissance Conquerors | |
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| The Spanish Sources | |
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| The Indigenous Historical Traditions | |
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| The Documents | |
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| Forebodings and Omens | |
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| Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex | |
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| Fray Martin de Jesus de la Coruna, Popular Auguries and Prophetic Dreams | |
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| Diego Duran, from The History of the Indies of New Spain | |
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| Preparations | |
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| Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | |
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| Hernan Cortes, Letters to Charles V | |
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| Encounters | |
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| Hernan Cortes, Letter to Charles V | |
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| Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | |
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| Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex | |
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| The March Inland: Tlaxcala and Cholula | |
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| Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | |
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| Andres de Tapia, Another Spanish View of the Cholula Massacre | |
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| Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex | |
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| From the Lienzo de Tlaxcala | |
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| Tenochtitlan | |
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| Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex | |
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| Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | |
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| Things Fall Apart: Toxcatl and the Noche triste | |
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| Francisco Lopez de Gomara, from Istoria de la conquista de Mexico | |
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| From the Florentine Codex and the Codex Aubin | |
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| Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | |
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| Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex | |
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| The Siege and Fall of Tenochtitlan | |
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| From Chronicles of Michoacan | |
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| Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex | |
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| Francisco de Aguilar, Eighth Jornada | |
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| Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | |
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| From Cantares mexicanos | |
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| Aftermath: Tradition and Transformation | |
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| Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | |
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| From the Codex Mendoza | |
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| The Shape of the Land: The Codex Mendoza and the Relaciones geograficas | |
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| Don Domingo de San Anton Munon Chimalpahin, The Death of Cuauhtemoc | |
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| Title of Acalan-Tixel | |
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| Town Council of Huejotzingo, Letter to King Phillip II | |
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| The Annals of Cuauhtinchan | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Chronology of the Conquest of Tenochtitlan (1485-1584) | |
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| Questions for Consideration | |
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| Biographical Notes | |
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| Glossary of Spanish Terms | |
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| Glossary of Nahuatl Terms | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |