Ацтеки, майя, инки. Великие царства древней Америки

V knige izvestnogo amerikanskogo ėtnologa Viktora fon Khagena predstavlena istorii͡a at͡stekov, maĭi͡a, inkov. Khagen vydeli͡aet i podvergaet podrobnomu analizu naibolee vazhnye ėtapy formirovanii͡a ėtikh kulʹtur, ot zarozhdenii͡a i dinamicheskogo razvitii͡a do momenta ikh padenii͡a. Avtor okhvatil vse storony prakticheskoĭ i dukhovnoĭ zhizni narodov solnechnykh t͡sarstv. Legko i uvlekatelʹno uchenyĭ rasskazyvaet o tom, kak oni veli khozi͡aĭstvo, zanimalisʹ remeslami, zakli͡uchali braki i vospityvali deteĭ, ob ikh religioznykh verovanii͡akh i krovavykh zhertvoprinoshenii͡akh, o sposobakh vedenii͡a voĭny i oruzhii, o sisteme nalogooblozhenii͡a, o prestup­lenii͡akh i nakazanii͡akh…

The book by the famous American ethnologist Victor von Hagen presents the history of the Aztecs, Maya, Incas. Hagen identifies and analyzes in detail the most important stages of the formation of these cultures, from their origin and dynamic development to the moment of their fall. The author has covered all aspects of the practical and spiritual life of the peoples of the solar kingdoms. The scientist talks easily and fascinatingly about how they farmed, practiced crafts, married and raised children, about their religious beliefs and bloody sacrifices, about methods of warfare and weapons, about the taxation system, about crimes and punishments.…