Religion and Empire The Dynamics of Aztec and Inca Expansionism

Name: Religion and Empire The Dynamics of Aztec and Inca Expansionism
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ISBN: 9780521318969

ISBN-10: 0521318963

ISBN-13: 9780521318969

Edition: 1984

Authors: Geoffrey W. Conrad, Arthur A. Demarest, Wendy Ashmore, Clive Gamble, John O'Shea

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Religion and Empire is an innovative and provocative study of the two largest states of the Precolumbian Americas, the Aztec and Inca Empires. By examining the causes of the formation and expansion of these two empires, the authors identify similar patterns and processes underlying their rise and decline. They demonstrate that in both examples among the critical elements in the transition from marginal people to imperial power to disintegrating society were changes in traditional religion, including the elaboration of Aztec human sacrifice and Inca worship of the corpses of their kings. The authors show that the complex interaction between such ideological shifts and political and economic…

Book details

List price: $55.99
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/31/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of illustrations



Introduction



The Aztec imperial expansion



The Inca imperial expansion



Precolumbian imperialism: theories and evidence



Ideology and cultural evolution


Bibliography


Index