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Religion and Empire: The Dynamics of Aztec and Inca Expansionism (New Studies in Archaeology) First Edition

by Geoffrey W. Conrad (Author), Arthur A. Demarest (Author)
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Religion and Empire is an innovative and provocative study of the two largest states of the Precolumbian Americas, the Aztec and Inca Empires. By examining the causes of the formation and expansion of these two empires, the authors identify similar patterns and processes underlying their rise and decline. They demonstrate that in both examples among the critical elements in the transition from marginal people to imperial power to disintegrating society were changes in traditional religion, including the elaboration of Aztec human sacrifice and Inca worship of the corpses of their kings. The authors show that the complex interaction between such ideological shifts and political and economic factors generated the spectacular historical trajectories of these Pre-Colombian empires.
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    0521318963
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    978-0521318969
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    Cambridge University Press
  5. Publication date
    August 31, 1984
  6. Part of series
    New Studies in Archaeology
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
  9. Print length
    280 pages
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Religion and Empire is an innovative and provocative study of the two largest states of the Precolumbian Americas, the Aztec and Inca Empires.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; First Edition (August 31, 1984)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521318963
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521318969
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.07 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
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Michael Valdivielso
5.0 out of 5 stars Very detailed.
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2000
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The book really gets into the nuts and bolts of the empires, showing you how ideas could give birth to and help expand the two cultures. But it also shows how the same ideas could hinder and even start to destroy the empires later in their existance. Yet it is not hard to read and even delightful at some points. They answer alot of questions I had about the Aztec and Inca, making sure to support everything they say with lots of details. A must of any history library.
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M. Hickman
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent, well thoughtout arguments
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2002
I read this book as part of a research project into the rise and fall of the Mexica, or Aztec. This book offered an interesting view of the Aztec, as a warfaring society which was propelled by a religous zelous that got out of hand and eventually caused the destabilization of a great empire. While I happen to disagree with certain arguments in this book they are all well justified with valid arguments. This field is constantly changing and is full of writers who don't have the background or the backing for their arguments, this is not one of them. Conrad and Demerest use fresh, compelling, and well thoughtout arguments to make an interesting point. If researching the Inca and Aztec this is a must read to achieve a good view of these two expansionist empires.
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Lee McCain
4.0 out of 5 stars Demarest was my professor at Vanderbilt
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2021
I "had" to read this book as a freshman at Vanderbilt. I was preMed but ended up with a double major in Anthropology because of Dr. Demarest.! The next year I would go with him to Guatemala for a class on Mayan Archeology. Funny he was a new junior professor when I had him in 1985 and when I graduated he was a rock star archeologist! This was one of the few textbooks I enjoyed reading in college. Corpse worship, bloodletting, death games, shaman and hallucinogenic drugs. As a freshman in a world without internet or Nat Geo channel this was an amazing and scintillating read!
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Michael E. Smith
2.0 out of 5 stars Do we really need a reprint of an old and not very good book?
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2007
The interpretations of the Aztec empire in this book were misleading and deficient when it was first published in 1984; now they are both bad and outdated. According to the authors, the driving force of Aztec imperial expansion was rabid religious fanaticism. Crazed bloodthirsty warriors supposedly ran around conquering peoples with no sense of planning of strategy, and with no economic motivation (sounds sort of like the bloodthirsty Maya of Mel Gibson's movie Apocalypto). This interpretation does not for work Apocalypto, and it does not work for the Aztec empire either.

I'm not qualified to evaluate the Inka sections of the book. But if you are interested in Aztec imperialism, please check some of the post-1984 literature.
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Lucca Canizela De Camargo
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb
Reviewed in Brazil on May 22, 2022
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Very informative book!
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