“Why you white man have so much cargo and us New Guineans have so little?” This is the question Yali asked Jared Diamond a University of California Los Angeles professor. This sparked Jared Diamond to answer this question by turning back the clocks of time to an era where everyone lived the same. This is the beginnings of Diamond’s ground breaking and heartwarming three- part documentary called “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel.” This documentary goes deep into history and answers the main question
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and captured a balsa raft with rich ornaments of silver and gold. Pizarro kept three captured natives to learn Spanish and be interpreters. The next year only thirteen men stayed with Pizarro on the Isla del Gallo; but in 1528 Pizarro discovered the Inca city of Tumbez. He went to Spain and at Toledo persuaded the Queen to appoint him governor and captain-general of Peru;
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People and Culture Peru represents a unique lifestyle that incorporates the rich historical influences of numerous cultures around the world. Peru lies on the site of the ancient Inca civilization‚ a highly skilled empire who ruled for over 300 hundred years until the early 16th century. The Inca civilization eventually fell to Spanish conquest which then introduced European influences to the area as well. Eventually‚ the Peruvians gained independence by defeating Spanish forces in the 1820’s
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In Mary Louise Pratt’s words of “Arts of the Contact Zone”‚ a community is “held together by a homogeneous competence or grammar shared identically and equally among all the members.” (493) What she means by that is we all share the same traits. I am a member of the aviation community of The University of North Dakota. It consists of about 1‚200 students and was started in 1968 by John D. Odegard. The department employs over 30 faculty members and offers the aviation education of your preferred
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improved‚ worsened or remained the same of nonexistent. Peru was conquered by Spain led by Francisco Pizarro‚ in 1532. Before this took place‚ Peru was a part of the Inca Empire whose heart was located in Cusco. The Spaniards executed Atahualpa‚ which was the reigning Inca monarch‚ and the established military of that time. Manco Inca Capac was then installed in replace‚ who was in fact the nephew of the former monarch‚ Atahualpa. The indigenous people of Peru soon realized that he was an extension
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The date is the twenty fourth of July 1911‚ set against looming peaks cloaked in snow and wreathed in clouds‚ was Machu Picchu. Before Hiram Bringham’s eyes‚ rising from the green undergrowth of neglect‚ were the imperial stones that have entranced and mystified visitors and scholars alike. American historian Hiram Bingham was an assistant professor‚ from the University of Yale. After stumbling through the terrain that is the valleys of the Peruvian mountains‚ 70 miles (112 kilometres) from the
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world’s highest mountains‚ like the Huascaran and the Yerupaja (Flores). Peru’s high Andes are the land of the Incas; the Incas were the native South American people that once ruled one of the largest and richest empires. Their empire covered much of present-day Ecuador‚ Peru‚ Bolivia‚ and Chile and parts of Columbia and Argentina. Spain invaded in the 16th century and conquered the Incan Empire. The Andes Mountains is a model of more than 200 granite buildings (Flores). Tourist can travel only by a four-day
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around the world today. In the videos‚ it talks about how the Incas were conquered by the Spanish. The Spanish was venturing into new land in South America when they ran into the gigantic Inca society. The Incas perceived the Spanish as godlike‚ except for the Inca emperor. However‚ the Spanish were afraid of the Inca army‚ so they attacked and eventually conquered the Inca empire. Knowing the history of a society‚ like the history of the Incas and the Spanish‚ can help us understand the perspective of
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history of architectural wonders and a more recent rediscovery. Anyone that elects to travel to Machu Picchu will certainly not be disappointed. As a first point‚ Machu Picchu was built by the Incas in the height of their empire‚ dating around 1450. Although Machu Picchu was first constructed by the Incas‚ many people have been through. According to “The Stones of Machu Picchu” by Duane Damon‚ “After its takeover by the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro in the 1530s‚ men like Pedro Cieza de Leon
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of the world‚ instead of the native people of New Guinea? How did Europeans end up with what Diamond terms the Agents of Conquest: Guns‚ Germs and Steel? It was these agents of conquest that allowed 168 Spanish conquistadors to defeat an Imperial Inca army of 80‚000 in 1532‚ and set a pattern of European conquest which would continue up to the present day. Diamond knew that the answer had little to do with ingenuity or individual skill. From his own experience in the jungles of New Guinea‚ he had
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