Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Instructor: Judith L. Tucker‚ M.S Class: Crim 174 In this video‚ Guns‚ germs‚ and steel are a fascinating perspective taken by Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA‚ Jared Diamond. His purpose was to explain why Eurasian civilizations have had such immense success conquering people and land other than their own. Why Europeans were the ones to conquer the world? As Diamond states that questions asked based on guns‚ germs‚ and steel are the biggest‚ most fascinating
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known as the “Lost City of the Incas‚” this ancient citadel is one of the most famous symbols of Inca civilizations. The city was built in the 15th century amidst a lush mountain forest near the city of Cusco in Peru. It overlooks the Urubamba river and is set in a beautiful location on the edge of the Amazon Rain Forest and the Andes Mountains. Archeologists believe that at the height of the Inca Empire‚ Machu Picchu was a retreat or vacation destination for Inca rules and emperors‚ but may also
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1951 (cite). Another factor that contributes to the uniqueness of Peru is the culture and history of the people. The Native Americans who live within the Peruvian Andes still don traditional colorful garments; probably the descendants of the mighty Inca wear the most colorful garments in the world. Besides the
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conquer the Inca Empire due to their advanced technologies and geographic location. Spaniards’ geographical location near Fertile Crescent gave them an advantage in agriculture (Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Episode 2: Conquest). They were able to use their domesticated animals to help make their economy grow. Along with cultivated animals‚ they also had guns‚ germs‚ and steel. Guns and steel was helpful to the Spaniards but germs were their weapon of mass destruction to conquer the Incas. The Spaniards
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the 9th century the Mayan fled‚ A similarity to the Maya‚ Inca and Aztec are they all had to leave because of a situation. First let’s tell you why the Maya fled their city‚ but no one knows why they fled I’ll try to give you suggestions of why they fled. Maybe they fled because they needed more places to grow crops. Or maybe got chased out of the city. And when they fled‚ they split into small groups. Know I’m going to tell you why the Inca fled their city in 1572. Because the spanish raided their
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The Inca Pisac is a ruined village located in Peru‚ by a small town called Taray. Both places receive people coming to see this magnificent place. This wonderful place gets 5‚000 visitors a day. In May through October close to 1 million people come see Machu Picchu. Some things that the villagers had left behind was the memories‚ there homes and even their culture. With the arrival of Francisco Pizarro and his conquistadors in 1592‚ the Inca empire was seriously threatened for the first time. Tricked
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The Aztecs and Incas were similar even though they were really far apart but also different even though they had so many similarities. The governments of both the Aztecs and the Incas were very much alike in how they were run and what they ruled. Both states held a bureaucracy in their capitals of Tenochtitlan and Cuzco. Though they both had a central government‚ they also split their territories into little regions run by elected officials of their region. The Aztecs and Incas had conquered many
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conquistador who was the leader of the expedition of the Inca Empire. And behind this expedition‚ there is a long story that defines a man and events that prove a fact. So‚ who is Francisco Pizarro? According to the facts‚ Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo‚ Spain. His date of birth is unknown‚ but some say that it is sometimes in the 1470s‚ perhaps 1474. He was the illegitimate son of infantry Colonel Gonzalo Pizarro‚ who
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and captured a balsa raft with rich ornaments of silver and gold. Pizarro kept three captured natives to learn Spanish and be interpreters. The next year only thirteen men stayed with Pizarro on the Isla del Gallo; but in 1528 Pizarro discovered the Inca city of Tumbez. He went to Spain and at Toledo persuaded the Queen to appoint him governor and captain-general of Peru;
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has this to say about the Peruvian history‚ “When the Spanish landed in 1531‚ Peru’s territory was the nucleus of the highly developed Inca civilization. Centered at Cuzco‚ the Incan Empire extended over a vast region from northern Ecuador to central Chile. In search of Inca wealth‚ the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro‚ who arrived in the territory after the Incas had fought a debilitating civil war‚ conquered the weakened people. The Spanish captured the Incan capital at Cuzco by 1533‚ and consolidated
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