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contents List of Illustrations viii Preface xi c h a p t e r 1 Approaching the City 1 c h a p t e r 2 The Invisible Kings 23 c h a p t e r 3 Ancestral Foundations 44 c h a p t e r 4 Animals, Cannibals, and the Military 72 c h a p t e r 5 A Marriage of Convenience: The King and the Military 90 c h a p t e r 6 The Gods Did It: The Divine Sanction of Power 103 c h a p t e r 7 Teotihuacan Jihad 124 c h a p t e r 8 Fiesta Teotihuacan Style 146 c h a p t e r 9 Continuities and Power 165 Notes 171 Bibliography 181 Index 203 ...

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