They discuss how technological differences played a crucial role in the conquest and how Aztec culture adapted under Spanish rule, preserving their history against odds. Presented by Professor ...

In a region packed with historically important cities, few can claim to have played such a long and pivotal role as Puebla.

The women’s faces were paired with skulls, with stitches across their faces, while bright flowers in their hair belied the ...

Gold is prized for its beauty and rarity but it is also indestructible, the same piece changing forms through history and ...

April 16th has been a day marked by a diverse range of significant historical events that have shaped the world in profound ...

Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...

The cathedral was built between 1573 and 1813 after the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan and ... pyramids and structures belonging to the Aztecs. Highlights of the massive cathedral include ...

Against all odds, this ancient game survived the rise and fall of the Olmec, Maya and Aztec civilizations, not to mention the devastation wrought by the Spanish Conquest. Yet today ulama faces ...

Simon Park, who teaches Portuguese history and literature at Oxford University, aims to recast the early period of European exploration as a story of disasters rather than successes. His target is ...