Iberian Peninsula Research Paper
The Iberian peninsula was very ethnically diverse. Celts, Phoenicians, greeks, Jews, Romans, etc., inhabited those lands. The Spaniards believed in political and religious consolidation and also had an idea of a original Christians Spain. After 711 southern and central parts of the Iberians peninsula was populated by, what the Spaniards, “Moros,” who were Islamic. This caused tension between the Spaniards and the Moros because the contradicting religion and culture. The threat of other religions and cultures, that opposed christianity, eventually led to persecution of other ethnic and religious groups. In 1942, the Reconquista was the war against islam, where the spaniards tried to eliminate muslims and Jews from the peninsula. They forced
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He ended up on the coast of San Salvador where he first encountered “india's,” indigenous people. Columbus describes his first encounter with them as “in that they might feel great amity towards us, because i knew that they were a people to be delivered and converted to our holy faith rather by love than byforce, gave to some among them some red caps and some glass beads and many other things of little value (Red Reader, p.11).” Columbus goes on to say that they trade with them all that they all but in return the spaniards gave them things of little value because it quickly became apparent to him that they didn't have much to offer. The indians had so little to trade that they would trade all they had even to just get broken glass dishes from the spaniards. The Spaniards quickly took advantage of this. Columbus described the Indians as “neither black or white” but as good looking, naked, bodies and faces with painted faces. Columbus even goes to compare their “coarse hair” to horse hair (Red Reindeer, 11). The Indians quickly showed their ignorance to iron, weaponry, and arms as they cut themselves trying to hold swords and spears without iron. Columbus explains that because of their lack of knowledge, they will easily be taken advantage of and made into christians because they have no
He ended up on the coast of San Salvador where he first encountered “india's,” indigenous people. Columbus describes his first encounter with them as “in that they might feel great amity towards us, because i knew that they were a people to be delivered and converted to our holy faith rather by love than byforce, gave to some among them some red caps and some glass beads and many other things of little value (Red Reader, p.11).” Columbus goes on to say that they trade with them all that they all but in return the spaniards gave them things of little value because it quickly became apparent to him that they didn't have much to offer. The indians had so little to trade that they would trade all they had even to just get broken glass dishes from the spaniards. The Spaniards quickly took advantage of this. Columbus described the Indians as “neither black or white” but as good looking, naked, bodies and faces with painted faces. Columbus even goes to compare their “coarse hair” to horse hair (Red Reindeer, 11). The Indians quickly showed their ignorance to iron, weaponry, and arms as they cut themselves trying to hold swords and spears without iron. Columbus explains that because of their lack of knowledge, they will easily be taken advantage of and made into christians because they have no