DerpTitle In short the Pre-Columbus era refers to the time preceding Christopher Columbus’s exploration of the Americas. It is used as indication of the history of Native American cultures before the Europeans. Many civilizations were drastically changed by European’s but what was life like before? In this presentation I’ll be touching base on what life was like for six major groups of Native American’s. American Indians built a city along the Mississippi River known as the City of Cahokia. It covered
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reviewing is “The Broken Spears: The Aztecs Account of the Conquest of Mexico” from chapter 16. This piece was the work of more than one author‚ which included native priests and wise men who encountered the Spanish and the Indians of Mexico. The authors of this document were educated‚ religious people. This document was once an account that was passed down orally and later written down and translated. This document was written for future generations of the Aztec people‚ which included both the rulers
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Misunderstanding Religion and Culture Religion‚ whether directly or indirectly has always played in important role in societies all over the world especially during a time when colonization was taking place in different parts of the world. In the nineteenth century‚ a new stage of Western expansion into Asia and Africa began. Colonialism in Asia‚ and Africa displayed many similarities but also some differences by different countries. Then there was the ‘‘missionary factor‚’’ where European
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the point of the Aztecs and not the Spanish. As the book goes on‚ Miguel Leon-Portilla describes how the Spanish were successful in taking over the solid empire. The book really starts out by giving a clear background of the beliefs and culture. Motecuhzoma is seen as scary because he made his people surrender. I respect the Indians and Aztecs because their morals and customs were Christian like and seemed as if they did the right thing
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in the 8th century. This religion relied heavily on art for expression‚ they were artwork and innovators working with metal. The members of this religion traded their artwork with other regions crops for survival‚ these art pieces are linked to the Aztecs providing proof that this lost religion and its people did exist. Toltec Religion Toltec was a Pre Columbian religion that was based on the worship of two gods‚ an evil god and a good god. Quetzalcoatl‚ the plumed serpent god was the good
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most accurate and most reliable source that is available. It is important to make sure that the source is accurate because if it is not‚ the information that we share could be false. When recalling the events that happened when the Spanish and the Aztecs had an encounter‚ we look at many different sources such as excerpts‚ background information‚ and even the actual translated version of the book that Bernal Díaz del Castillo wrote himself. After reading all of these sources‚ I found that the book
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the documented history of the conquest. Native priests and wise men had documented the welcoming of Cortes and his men as the arrival of their God Quetzalcoatl and other deities‚ the reaction to the march of these “gods” on several cities within the Aztec state‚ and the manner in which the Spaniards conquered this once‚ independent‚ well-structured‚ pre-Columbian American civilizations. In the introduction to the book‚ it describes the development of a new state in Central Mexico during the 9th century
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capital of the Aztec kingdom and then later to the capture of Mexico itself. To properly assess the significance of Cortes in the conquest of Mexico‚ then we must look at his role as a leader. Many sources show us that he was inspiring‚ lucky‚ ambitious and resourceful but these qualities must be compared to others factors such as hatred of the Aztecs by local people‚ spread of European disease‚ the Spanish military resources‚ attitude to the conflict from the Spanish and the Aztecs‚ and finally the
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The Aztec culture in Mexico also valued chocolate. Unfortunately‚ cacao plants could not grow in the land where the Aztec lived‚ so they traded to get cacao plants. They even used cacao seeds as money to pay taxes. Only the very wealthy people of Aztec that could afford to enjoy chocolate drink because cacao was very valuable. The Aztec authority‚ Montezuma‚ believed that they had to drink 50 cups of chocolate drink every day. Some experts believe that the word “chocolate” came from the Aztec word
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th‚ 15th and 16th centuries. They called themselves Mexica (pronounced [meˈʃikaʔ]). The Republic of Mexico and its capital‚ Mexico City‚ derive their names from the word "Mexica". The capital of the Aztec empire was Tenochtitlan‚ built on a raised island in Lake Texcoco. Modern Mexico City is built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan. The Spanish colonization of the Americas reached the
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