Montezuma II Picture Montezuma was an aztec ruler. He is often referred to Cortez. Montezuma opened the aztec empire to Cortez in open arms. He believed Cortez was basically a god because the aztecs believed a god will come with white skin with new advancements. Montezuma opened the city to Cortez only to be betrayed. Cortez and his men ended up destroying the aztec capitol city of Tenochtitlan and one year later renaming it "Mexico City‚ New Spain." Montezuma was a very harsh ruler‚ and also perceived
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Did the British Empire improve people’s lives in Africa? I will start off by defining the terms of this essay. ‘Improve’‚ in this context‚ means the African people’s lives developing and the standard of living getting better. The British Empire in Africa was vast. It included lands in North Africa‚ such as Egypt‚ much of West Africa‚ and huge territories in Southern and East Africa. British rule had a huge impact on the lives of millions of Africans. Before the British rule in Africa‚ African
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The Roman and Han Empires both had their differences and similarities. However their similarities out-weighed their differences by a large amount. Their governments‚ economies‚ traditions‚ even their ways of agriculture made them very similar but at the same time very different. A couple of things that made them similar are The Han and the Roman Empires was two of the most powerful empires to rule their respective parts of the world‚ however they both declined and failed. Another thing was that agriculture
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The year was 1600‚ and Spain was unquestionably at the zenith of its power. After a successful Reconquista and explosion of colonization‚ the Spanish Empire had built a powerful military‚ a cohesive empire throughout Europe and the North and South of the Americas‚ and was looking forward to Cultural Revolution and continued growth in overseas trade. This was the Spanish Golden Age‚ when the Iberian Nation was unrivaled as the cultural and economic hegemon of Europe. It seems insanity that in one
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Through this‚ Europeans negatively affected the lives of the Native Americans. The Indians’ contact with the settlers lead to displacement and death by means of disease and warfare. American Indians had a way of life that was not wasteful. They only used what nature
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The ancient Roman empire faced many difficult times‚ however this was one of the worst. First of all the problems with the Republic started when the Roman’s added more territory. Mainly because rich citizens just kept getting richer. In fact‚ because of this‚ leaders feared that violence would arise between the rich and the poor. The first leaders to address this problem were brothers named Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus‚ they held the Tribunes political office. The first brother Tiberius took
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The Russian empire was established in 1721 and it lasted until the February Revolution in 1917. It was one of the largest empires to ever exist‚ it ranged over three continents. Russia’s main trade partners and who they formed trade contacts with were both the same thing; Middle Eastern empires. They established a very prominent presence in Iran around 1828‚ through its connections with Iranian Armenians. They were a community that was an important passage of trade and influence between Russia and
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The Mongols: How Barbaric Were the “Barbarians”? The Mongols were a militaristic‚ nomadic group that conquered many lands and forged the Mongolian Empire. They were known for their brutality and laws‚ but they also had positive impacts on the territories which they conquered. The Mongols had some very barbaric practices but like other conquerors‚ it was likely to show dominance over the conquered. More importantly‚ they were strong leaders who aided in the growth of the economy as well as diffusion
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beginnings‚ the Islamic Empire established itself as a rival to the Byzantine Empire‚ capturing a large portion of Byzantine-controlled territory within the first few decades of its inception. In three or four paragraphs‚ compare and contrast the societies of the Byzantines and the Muslims in ONE of the following areas: politics‚ economics/trade‚ social structure/culture‚ religion. Why were the Muslims initially so successful in capturing territory from the Byzantine Empire? Why were they unable
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1.01 Travel Journal 1. How did the boundaries of the Roman Empire change? In 1000 BCE‚ a group of Latins‚ later known as Romans‚ founded the city of Rome. After almost 500 years of it being founded‚ the Romans set up a republic. They gained territory by force‚ beginning with the Italian peninsula and then easily moving to the Mediterranean region. The Romans launched a series of three wars‚ known as the Punic Wars. During this time‚ the were able to conquer Carthage and in return gained access
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