- Lost City of Gold "Over the Mountains of the Moon‚ down the Valley of the Shadow‚ ride‚ boldly ride…if you seek for El Dorado."- Edgar Allan Poe Truth to the Myth: • A Spanish conquistador by the name of Francisco Pizarro conquered and plundered the Inca Empire in the 1530’s. This lead to adventurers and conquistadors from all over Europe to move to the New World anticipating conquering and looting for gold‚ silver and jewels to bring back to Spain (Mysterypile: el-dorado) . These men followed
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“Why you white man have so much cargo and us New Guineans have so little?” This is the question Yali asked Jared Diamond a University of California Los Angeles professor. This sparked Jared Diamond to answer this question by turning back the clocks of time to an era where everyone lived the same. This is the beginnings of Diamond’s ground breaking and heartwarming three- part documentary called “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel.” This documentary goes deep into history and answers the main question
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“The discovery of America‚ and that of the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope‚ are the two greatest events recorded in the history of [human] kind” —Adam Smith‚ in The Wealth of Nations When it comes to the Europeans conquering the Americas‚ Professor Jared Diamond‚ of UCLA‚ has come up with the theory that what separated the winners from the losers‚ was not luck‚ strength‚ or numbers‚ but the lay of the land. It was the geographic locations where the diverse cultures
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out with very small possessions and little to accompany him in his journey‚ Hernando Cortes‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ traveled halfway across the world searching for these precious items. He would write to his king during his expedition‚ informing him of conquering city by city and gaining more power by the day‚ all in favor of fulfilling his dreams. Hernando Cortez was a Spanish conquistador that is mainly known for defeating and conquering the Aztec Empire. He was born in Medellin‚ Spain in 1485
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South America Posters‚ movies‚ words are techniques used in propaganda. Propaganda is information not necessarily correct‚ that is used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. Throughout time propaganda has caused a great deal of conflicts‚ it has been used by many to convince societies that they are right and to attack the opposing individuals. Propaganda is commonly used during wars for example during World War 1 posters were put around the nation telling
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and valor. Have you grown weary of your servants? Are you angry with your servants‚ oh giver of life?” (Sixteenth century Nahuatl Poem) This poem written after the conquistadors had conquered most of what they dubbed New Spain. Today‚ I hope to inform you about one of the most reviled‚ ruthless‚ and ambitious conquistadors to have been a part of the Spanish colonization of modern day Mexico and Central America‚ Don Pedro de Alvarado. I have done extensive research and as a first generation
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The Aztecs were an Native Indian tribe‚ located in modern day Mexico‚who ruled a huge part of Mexican territory from the 1400’s to the 1500’s‚ before they were conquered by Hernando Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors. The Aztecs had one of the most advanced civilizations in the Americas and built cities as large as any in Europe at that time. They had a very unique culture compared to the Spaniards‚ for example they practiced a religion that affected every part of their lives and featured human
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Chip Bothmann HIST 1052 BOOK REVIEW Matthew Restall‚ _Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest_ New York‚ Oxford University Press‚ 2003 3 pages‚ 889 words _Myths of the Spanish Conquest_ is broken into seven chapters‚ each dedicated to a different myth or mis-conception regarding the Spanish conquest. In debunking these myths‚ Matthew Restall works with three themes regarding the conquest. First‚ that the European discovery of the Americas was one of the greatest events in human history. Second
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The Amazing Aztecs is the second exhibit in the museum. The Aztecs were one of the most famous pre-Columbian cultures. Located in present day Mexico and Central America‚ the Aztecs presided over a vast empire. Ultimately destroyed by the Spanish Conquistadors‚ the Aztec empire was still at the height of their power and culture when they fell. There are several similarities between this empire and other cultures of Mesoamerica. The Aztecs had a complex culture of their own‚ of which religion was an
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When Jesus Came‚ the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage‚ Sexuality‚ and Power in New Mexico‚ 1500-1846 Megan Prue History 1700 American Civilization- Section 004 Dr. Roger C. Blomquist September 21‚ 2011 When Jesus Came‚ The Corn Mothers Went Away gives an in-depth history of the Pueblo Indians before and after the Spanish conquest. It describes the forced changes the Spanish brought to the Indians‚
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