Hawkins and Drake’s Accidental Voyage to San Juan de Ulúa
Before becoming privateers for Queen Elizabeth, slave traders Hawkins and Drake took a detour to San Juan de Ulúa.
The greed of John Hawkins and...
The Age of the Fifth Sun in Aztec Mexico: Creation, Destruction and Re-creation
The Aztecs regarded their gods as ferocious, vengeful and malignant. This was why their version of how the world was created was so full...
The Markets of Tenochtitlan: A Vast Choice of Goods in the Aztec Capital
The Aztecs held their tianguis (markets) in Tenochtitlan every five days, selling everything from food and medicines to ornaments, tiles and woods.
When the Spanish...
The Early History of the Aztecs in Mexico
The rich, extensive Aztec Empire of Mexico discovered and later conquered by Spain's conquistadores after 1519 had its beginnings in a tribe of social...
November 3 is Cuenca Day in Ecuador: Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca...
Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca (Cuenca) is the third largest city in Ecuador, with nearly 500,000 residents. Cuenca is the capital of...
Community Life in Aztec Mexico: Strictly Ordered, Stringently Ruled
Aztec society was made up of hundreds of calpulli (clans), each of which existed as minor states in their own right and comprised up...
Inca History: The Inca Empire – Tawantinsuyu
The Incas divided the Inca Empire, or Tawantinsuyu, into four parts: the Chinchaysuyu, Antisuyu, Cuntisuyu and Collasuyu regions of the Inca Empire map.
Western historians...
History of Uruguay’s Carnival, the Origins of Candombe
The birth of candombe among the African slaves in the colonial era of nineteenth century Montevideo.
Before President Joaquin Suarez abolished slavery on 1846 it...
Politics and Religion in the Aztec empire: How the Aztecs Kept Control over their...
At its height the Aztec empire stretched across most of Mexico, but the rulers managed to keep control through politics, religion and an unusual...
The Aztecs: The Beginning, the raise and the fall of the Aztec Civilization
When did the Aztecs originated, how they became to be one of the most powerful civilizations of Mesoamerica and why they were conquered by...