Anonimo Mexicano is the first publication of the full
Nahuatl text and English translation of a rare and important Native
history of preconquest Mexico. Written circa 1600 by an anonymous
Tlaxcaltecan author, it is an epic account of the settling of
central Mexico by Nahua peoples from the northern frontier. They
developed a sophisticated culture with powerful city states and an
agricultural economy, fought great wars, established dynasties, and
recorded their history and legends in painted books. The Mexica
became the most powerful of these nations until their conquest by
the Spanish with the help of the Tlaxcalteca, who were rivals of
the Mexica and whose national origin tale was recorded in
Anonimo Mexicano.
eISBN: 978-0-87421-515-1
Subjects: Sociology, Anthropology, History
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