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En este segundo tomo, Braudel relata en el capítulo "Los acontecimientos, la política y los hombres" una historia de hechos, de oscilaciones breves. Se llega a la distinción dentro del tiempo de la historia, de un tiempo geográfico, un tiempo social y un tiempo individual. Inicia con la guerra en el Mediterráneo de 1551 y termina con la muerte de Felipe II en 1598.

Jacques Soustelle considera necesario situar a los aztecas dentro de un marco geografico e historico para su comprension cabal. Hace una pormenorizada descripcion de la ciudad (calles, templos y monumentos), del individuo y de las instituciones (el soberano y su consejo, el matrimonio, el sacerdocio, la propiedad, los tribunales, los funcionarios, comerciantes, campesinos, etc), ademas de destacar datos precisos como para estimar el "costo de la vida" en Tenochtitlan.