The Conquest of Mexico
Description
This program provides a portrait of Cortez and his world-the real world and the imaginary one painted by theologians, mystics, imaginative travelers, poets, and liars; of the New World as seen by a small number of Spaniards; and of the civilizations of Mesoamerica before they were "discovered"-the world of the Mayas and Aztecs, the nature of Aztec religion and politics. It describes the Battle of Mexico and explains how and why Montezuma lost-and why, today still, the descendants of the Aztecs speak Nahuatl.
Runtime
35 min
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c1991
Database
Films on Demand
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