The Aztec World by Elizabeth Hill Boone is a history book that discusses different aspects of the Aztec Empire. The book tells the reader about Aztec culture, government, religion, and economy. The first chapter includes the historical events of Hernan Cortez’s, a Spanish explorer, arrival. The book also discusses the layout and size of capital city of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan. The city rested on an island in a lake and had a population of 150,000 or more civilians. The total population surrounding the lake in addition to Tenochtitlan’s population amounts to about 1,000,000.  In perspective, the largest cities in Europe at the time were Paris and Constantinople, which had populations of about 300,000 people each (Boone 18).

I wanted to find a book dealing with the Aztec Empire. So, I typed in “Aztec Empire” in the search engine on the upper-level computer at Skillman Library and a bunch of results showed up. I picked The Aztec World by Elizabeth Hill Boone and used the ISP number to locate the book. Near The Aztec World I found some interesting books titled The Aztec Handbook and another book about the Mexican Revolution. When I opened The Aztec World the colorful pictures caught my eye and after flipping through the book I noticed each chapter opened up with an interesting story, which makes the book a page turner. A lot of times history books can seem bland, but this book was enjoyable to look through.

Works Cited:

Boone, Elizabeth Hill. The Aztec World. Montreal: St. Remy, 1994. Print.