Compare And Contrast Mesoamerican American Culture
One main factor that was used to compare and contrast the Mesoamerican and Andrean cultures is their use of the calendar. The two cultures had different methods for keeping track of time, which very closely coincided with their religious practices. Both communities had specific times, many having to do with lunar cycles, on which they relied on to know when to hold certain ceremonies and ritual.
2. In classic and post-classic Mesoamerica the temples that were built were sponsors of the ruled by succeeding local rules of the time and were built layer by layer. This is significant for their religious heritage because all of the rituals and sacrifices too place in these temples, so they represent the religious experience at the time.
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Like many past discoverers and conquerors who set off for the New World, the friars also charted a past following in their footsteps. With them the friars brought large medieval and partially renaissance humanism cultures along with them that they spread into the New World.
2. The friars first examinations of the Native Americans was on the premise of if they could understand and appreciate the Christian faith or not. Due to the Native American savage style of living, involving human sacrifice and cannablism, the friars determined that it would be extremely difficult for them to undertant Christianity. Some friars even went as far at the compare their lifestyle to the devil, which sparked a desire for the friars to expel the evil from the community.
3. This malcontent for the Native American way of live fueled the friars toward increasing idolatry toward Christianity. This desire caused the friars to raze temples, tear down sculptures, and burn paintings having to do with the Native American culture.
4. Bartolomé de Las Casas sided with the Native Americans and insisted that the catastrophes forced upon them by new settlers be stopped. This belief was the first real opposition to the negative treatment of Native Americans and has helped to prevent the total extinction of their native
2. In classic and post-classic Mesoamerica the temples that were built were sponsors of the ruled by succeeding local rules of the time and were built layer by layer. This is significant for their religious heritage because all of the rituals and sacrifices too place in these temples, so they represent the religious experience at the time.
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Like many past discoverers and conquerors who set off for the New World, the friars also charted a past following in their footsteps. With them the friars brought large medieval and partially renaissance humanism cultures along with them that they spread into the New World.
2. The friars first examinations of the Native Americans was on the premise of if they could understand and appreciate the Christian faith or not. Due to the Native American savage style of living, involving human sacrifice and cannablism, the friars determined that it would be extremely difficult for them to undertant Christianity. Some friars even went as far at the compare their lifestyle to the devil, which sparked a desire for the friars to expel the evil from the community.
3. This malcontent for the Native American way of live fueled the friars toward increasing idolatry toward Christianity. This desire caused the friars to raze temples, tear down sculptures, and burn paintings having to do with the Native American culture.
4. Bartolomé de Las Casas sided with the Native Americans and insisted that the catastrophes forced upon them by new settlers be stopped. This belief was the first real opposition to the negative treatment of Native Americans and has helped to prevent the total extinction of their native