Serpent and the Sun: Tales of an Aztec Apprentice Foreign Film at the Buffalo, Niagara Falls Film Festival, and it was selected as entry to the 2008 Mendocino Film Festival, Jules Verne Film Festival, High Definition Film Festival, Non-violence International Film Festival and to the Masson Film Festival. Serpent and the Sun: Tales of an Aztec Apprentice Serpent and the Sun: Tales of an Aztec Apprentice is a 2008 documentary film written and directed by Shaahin Cheyene, an Iran-born American businessman. The documentary was filmed in Mexico, and tells the story about the life of the Aztec people in the modern era. Miktlan Ehekateotl “Ehe” Kuahtlinxan, a 52nd Aztec
Global silver trade from the 16th to 18th centuries to the expansive and profitable silver trade. In fact, research shows the amount of silver traveling from Manila to China was approximately three million pesos or 94,000 kilograms in the early 1600s. The rarity of silver production was seen as an opportunity for China to control the currency's value and support its own national currency. Silver was one of the only accepted trade items from Europeans and its value in China was astronomical compared to rest of the world. In fact, its value was twice that of Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries. Between 1600 and 1800 China received