Ancient Americas

Description:

"In this book, Nicholas J. Saunders explores, among others, the Moche, Nazca, Teotihuacan, Maya, Aztec and Inka cultures who - developing in isolation from the rest of the world for thousands of years - had created highly sophisticated civilisations without the wheel, draught animals or metal tools. From the first settlements of the Olmecs in Mesoamerica, and South America's great mud-brick cities on Peru's Pacific coast, to the arrival of the Spanish in 1519, the book's unparalleled breadth and scope allow us to appreciate the Pre-Columbian Americas as among the world's greatest flowerings of civilisation."--Jacket.

subjects: Indians of Mexico,  Indians of South America,  Civilization,  Indians of Central America,  History,  Antiquities,  Mexico, history, to 1519,  Central america, history,  South america, history,  Indians of mexico, history,  Indians of central america, history,  Indians of south america, history

Places: Central America,  South America,  Mexico

Times: To 1519,  To 1821,  To 1806