BBC – BBC Two Programmes – Montezuma

Written by Rachel on September 16th, 2009

Montezuma

Saturday, 20:00 on BBC Two (except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue))

Synopsis

Dan Snow travels to Mexico to investigate the history, character and legacy of Montezuma, the last great ruler of the Aztecs of central America.

He uncovers the extraordinary story of the Aztecs themselves, a cultured and civilised people whose lives were governed by eleborate ceremony and blood-curdling ritual.

Dan Snow also discovers how, in a titanic clash of cultures, their leader Montezuma faced up to a mortal threat from another world – the weaponry, gold-lust and greed of 16th century Spanish conquistadors.

via BBC – BBC Two Programmes – Montezuma.

 

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