Una modernidad autoritaria

Profiles nine important figures in the history of México including the Emperor Montezuma, Hernán Cortés, Benito Juárez, and Cuauhtemoc, the last Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán.

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This volume contains several oral accounts that were preserved from the Yoruba tradition that allows us to explore our roots. Their exchanges are steeped in cultural rituals, references, and principles that distinguishes them. In this book, the author looks at the meyi, one part of the te two categories comprised of the Ifa.

El imperio bizantino aún suele contemplarse como la historia de una decadencia, a pesar de que su vida se prolongará durante casi 1.200 años. Sin embargo, este libro breve pero exhaustivo demuestra que Bizancio sufrió un singular ciclo de crisis y posteriores florecimientos durante los cuales su historia política, militar, económica, social y cultural tomó con frecuencia cursos dispares. Las causas de tales oscilaciones se hallarían tanto en la dinámica subyacente como en decisiones tomadas por personalidades específicas, entre ellas numerosos emperadores del período. El autor...