Michal Pawlus

Welcome to Part 4 of our thought-provoking series “Conquest of America” by contributing writer Michal Pawles. Most of us have heard of the Spanish conquistadors conquering the Maya, Aztec and Inca Civilizations. We can get the impression that the conquest of America was immediate. Several dozen years after Europeans arrived in the new world. The … Read more

Welcome to Part 3 of our thought-provoking series “Conquest of America” by contributing writer Michal Pawles. Most of us have heard of the Spanish conquistadors conquering the Maya, Aztec and Inca Civilizations. We can get the impression that the conquest of America was immediate. Several dozen years after Europeans arrived in the new world. The … Read more

Welcome to Part 2 of our thought-provoking series “Conquest of America” by contributing writer Michal Pawles. Most of us have heard of the Spanish conquistadors conquering the Maya, Aztec and Inca Civilizations. We can get the impression that the conquest of America was immediate. Several dozen years after Europeans arrived in the new world. The … Read more

Most of us have heard of the Spanish conquistadors conquering the Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations. We can get the impression that the conquest of America was immediate. Several dozen years after Europeans arrived in the new world. The three most powerful Civilizations, which were at a high level of cultural, social, and economic development, … Read more

The Aztecs, who called themselves Mexica, mainly used the two calendars Tonalpohualli / Tzolkin and Xiuhpohualli / Haab, which did not differ in their mode of operation. One of the major differences between the Aztec vs Mayan calendars that we can see is the lack of a Long Count calendar (Mayan Long Count calendar). In … Read more