The Tenochca Empire of Ancient Mexico: The Triple Alliance of Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan

by Pedro Carrasco

Book Overview

Volume 234 in the Civilization of the American Indian Series The most important political entity in pre-Spanish Mesoamerica was the Tenochca Empire, founded in 1428 when the three kingdoms of Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan formed an alliance that controlled the Basin of Mexico and other extensive areas of Mesoamerica. In a unique political structure, each of the three allies headed a group of kingdoms in the core of the Empire. Each capital...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806141999
• ISBN13: 9780806141992
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 554 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"