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The Aztec


Aztec brazier
Aztec brazier (about 1300 AD)
The Aztec were the rulers of what is now Mexico between about 1300 and 1500 AD. Their capital was at Tenochtitlan.

To find out more about South American history before 1500, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:

Ancient Rome (Eyewitness Books), by Simon James (2004). For kids.

Handbook of Mediterranean Roman Pottery, by John W. Hayes (1997). Hayes has been the leading expert on Roman pottery for the last several decades.

Roman Pottery, by Kevin Greene (1992). Greene is another pottery expert, particularly interested in what pottery can tell us about the Roman Economy.

Aztec
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South America after 1500 AD
North America before 1500 AD
North America after 1500 AD
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