For Álvaro Enrigue, a novelist fascinated with historical detail, the first meeting of the Aztecs and Spanish conquistadors is the obsession of a lifetime. He brings it to life in “You Dreamed of Empires.”
These college students saw their own culture differently after studying the 2,400-page encyclopedia of the Aztec world. A new digital version of that history stands to unlock cultural treasures for many more.
What was Aztec life really like? The Aztecs weren’t just warriors, their civilization was a complex tapestry of tradition, agriculture, and hierarchies in a bustling Tenochtitlan.