Detailed essays, extensive photos, and informative sidebars describe life in ancient Aztec civilization, showing the results of significant archaeological digs; also includes a time line and a bibliography.

"During the first and second millennia BCE a swathe of nomadic peoples migrated outward from Central Asia into the Eurasian periphery. One group of these people would find themselves encamped in an unpromising, arid region just south of the Caspian Sea. From these modest and uncertain beginnings, they would go on to form one of the most powerful empires in history: the Persian Empire. In this book, Geoffrey and Brenda Parker tell the captivating story...

Offers a history of the Inca Empire and chronicles Incan life through the archaeological discoveries found in the Andes Mountains.