conquered Latin America. The question is why was it not the other way around. Why didn ’t the Aztecs‚ Mayans‚ or Incas conquer Europe? The reason the Europeans conquered the New World lies in their combat training and the possibility of becoming wealthy. A major reason why the Spaniards could defeat the natives was in their technique and discipline. The Castilians were much more organized than their Aztec counterpart. The soldiers fought in unison and never gave a second thought on what they were
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between different civilizations. The author cannot provide a definite answer. Later in the book‚ Jared Diamond describes how Francisco Pizarro‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ easily overcame the Incas using European advantage. So‚ what is Yali’s question and how does the author attempt to answer? How did Pizarro defeat the Incas and how does this relate? Yali’s question attempts to be answered by the author‚ but a closer look into how Pizarro defeated the
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tribes that later became the Aztecs‚ Incas‚ Mayans‚ Pueblo Natives and many more. Christopher Columbus accidently came upon an island in the Bahamas which brought the New World to light for the Europeans. As a result‚ the Europeans started sailing to this New World and because they heard gold could be found there they started conquering native lands in order to get it. For example‚ Hernan Cortes was so distracted by the amount of gold that he could get; he conquered the Aztecs who were at first friendly
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The Current State of Development in Latin America Throughout this paper I will be making reference to Peter Winn ’s book Americas. Winn states on page 4 that "Latin America is equally an invention‚ devised in the nineteenth century by a French geographer to describe the nations that had once been colonized by Latin Europe---Spain‚ France‚ and Portugal." In attempting to establish the current state of development in Latin America‚ historical chronology serves as the foundation necessary for a
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Compare the Qin and Song politically and socially. The Qin and Song were similar and different politically and socially. Similarly‚ they both had Patriarchal families and both made women lower in status. However‚ the Qin had legalism bureaucracy whereas the Song had Confucian bureaucracy. 2. Compare the Umayyad and Abbasid politically and socially. The Umayyad and Abbasid were similar and different politically and socially. Both valued merchants highly‚ and were both bureaucratic. However‚ the
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VOCABULARY 1. Triangular Trade – it connected Europe‚ Africa‚ and Asia‚ and the American continents. Europe sent goods to Africa‚ Africa sent slaves to America‚ and America sent stuff to Europe. 2. Middle Passage - the journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas. 3. Depopulation - the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all). 4. Corruption –fraudulent conduct by those in power‚ typically involving bribery. 5. Lament – a depressed‚ sad‚ feeling
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their administration and increase the flow of revenue. Which empire had the largest population in the world during the sixteenth century? Ming China All of the following factors contributed to the Spanish victory over the Aztecs except: the inability of the Aztecs to mount an effective resistance to Spanish attacks. Diseases from Eurasia wiped out an estimated _______ of the Native American population during the sixteenth century. 90% The Atlantic system included a complex trade network
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Slide 2- the men who deserve the credit should be the man who conquered the Americas and that is Hernando Cortes and Francisco Pizarro. Slide 2 transition into slide 3- Once Cortes and his small army defeated Montezuma’s powerful Mexican Aztec warriors‚ which outnumbered the Spaniards 10-1. The riches in form of Gold started to flood into Spain. Slide 3- once Queen Isabel died in 1504 and Ferdinand died in1516 there was a power struggle between the families. Charles V and queen Isabel
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happened 35‚000 years ago. The people who came over slowly populated the Americas by about 54 million. The groups that came over the land bridge spread across North‚ Central‚ and South America. Incas: Peru‚ elaborate network of roads and bridges‚ linking the empire Mayans: Yucatan Peninsula‚ step pyramids Aztecs: Mexico‚ step pyramids and a lot of sacrifices‚ especially those they conquered The Earliest Americans Corn was developed in 5000 B.C. It helped Mexicans transform from hunter-gatherers toward
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thousand years ago. The question of how the historians accounted for the arrival of Native Americans in the Western Hemisphere is what I would like to elaborate more on as well as the similarities/differences to the great civilizations of the Aztecs‚ Mayas‚ and Incas‚ in which the Native Americans fashioned a similar hierarchical social order. I agree with the historians being accountable for the arrival of the Native Americans in which I will speak on and provide evidence. What has to come to my knowledge
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