extinction because over the centuries‚ they were subject to hostile take-overs‚ diseases‚ enslavement‚ and damage to food supplies by the Europeans. Zinn Chapter 1: pp. 2-22 Columbus‚ The Indian‚ and Human Progress 1. The significance of the Quetzalcoatl was that he was a God that was supposed to come back in human form to his
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Was the conquest of Mexico justified? Was it the work of men carrying out God ’s will on Earth? Or was simpler than that? Was it just greed and jealousy‚ as old as Cain and Abel? This question can be debated to no end by people on opposite ends of the spectrum. The Spaniards were quick to justify their actions as fair‚ proper‚ and necessary. However‚ a more modern‚ western mind can certainly look at the events and judge them to be unjust‚ perhaps even evil a likening to the violence and prejudice
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In 1521‚ the Aztecs tirelessly defended their capital against Hernan Cortés‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ and his convoy of fellow Spaniards and native allies. Founded in 1345 on the shore of Lake Texcoco‚ Tenochtitlan became the capital city and religious center for the Mexica people of the Aztec empire. An Aztec eyewitness describes in detail the final days of the once powerful city as it fell to the Spaniards. When Christopher Columbus arrived to the Indies in 1492‚ he opened the gates for Spanish
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pyramids can be visited at Chichen Itza. It is still a ceremony today to observe and visit this pyramid as the sun light up the stairs of the pyramid and the head of a serpent at its base. This pyramid was dedicated to the Feathered Serpent God‚ Quetzalcoatl. Building pyramids is one of the way the Mayans tried to connect and serve the Gods. The Maya believed that “the gods guided the Sun and Moon across the sky. Even in the darkness of night‚ the Maya believed that the Sun and Moon continued to journey
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APUSH American Pageant: Edition 13 Chapter 1 Notes Founding the New Nation The people who settled in America didn’t want to found a new nation. They were Europeans who continued to view themselves as Europeans‚ and they regarded America as the “western rim of a transatlantic European world”. The settlers who came to America were much alike. They spoke English and wanted an agricultural society. They grew to cherish the ideals like individual liberty‚ self-government‚ religious tolerance‚ and
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In a vast and rich region of America‚ Mayan culture covered the territory southeast‚ of what is now‚ the Mexican Republic that is part of the states of Yucatan‚ Campeche‚ Tabasco‚ Quintana Roo and eastern Chiapas‚ as is most of Guatemala‚ Honduras‚ El Salvador and Belize which in fact covers a land area that varies according to the various archaeologists and historians. The Mayan people created one of the most original and great ancient civilizations (Sabloff 14). The Mayans are not a homogeneous
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Chapter 19 Study Questions 1. The function of the griot in sub-Saharan African Culture was to transfer cultures through oral communication. They were often professional singers and storytellers that told oral traditions including stories‚ histories‚ epics‚ and other accounts. The story of Sundiata was told by the griots. 2. The introduction to bananas encouraged a fresh migratory surge. The cultivations of bananas increased the food supplies available and allowed the Bantus to expand more
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6/14/12 History: a study of the past Civilization: an advanced state of human society‚ in which a high level of culture‚ science‚ industry‚ and government has been reached. Historian: Someone who studies the past Archaeologist: Someone who studies the past by looking at artifacts Fossil: Natural remains Artifact: Man-made remains Anthropologist: Someone who studies the past by looking at the culture of ancient civilizations Paleontologist: Someone who studies the past by looking at fossils
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A.P. U.S. History Notes Chapter 1: “New World Beginnings” Summary: 225 million years ago‚ Earth was one supercontinent (Pangaea) and ocean. About 10 million years ago‚ the North America that we know today was formed (geographical shape). The first discoverers of North America were nomadic Asians who wandered over here by way of an exposed land bridge from Russia to Alaska during the Ice Age. Though they were hunters at first‚ by 5000 BC‚ they had become hunter-gatherers with a diet of
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Murals are the quintessential public art embodying the spirit of the community in which they are created. They say this is who we are‚ this is what we think‚ this is where we come from‚ and this is what we want‚ reflecting most clearly any changes in the sociopolitical environment. Murals lay out a powerful visual image of the ideology of their creators or sponsors‚ be it the Church during the Renaissance‚ government funded projects‚ or individuals expressing opposition. In Mexico‚ after the Mexican
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