cultures that are present all around the world‚ it is not uncommon for certain groups of people to make assumptions about the culture of another country or community. In the world of 1500-1600‚ Spaniards like Christopher Columbus‚ Hernan Cortes‚ and Bernal Diaz del Castillo traveled to Mexico and the Americas in hopes of not only finding gold but continuing their mission of spreading Christianity to others. One of the biggest encounters that these men faced when they reached their proclaimed destination
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first letter is written by Hernan Cortés to the Spanish king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles the V‚ and is a report written by Cortés about the Yucatan‚ describing its people and Cortés’ journey throughout these lands. The next letter is written by Bernal Diaz del Castillo a member of Cortés’ expedition‚ the letter itself is entitled Montezuma Stepped out of the Litter and is a description of the events surrounding the first meeting between Cortés’ expedition and the leader of the Aztecs Montezuma. Looking
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Conquest of New Spain” written by Bernal Díaz and “The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico” are two sources whose themes can be compared and contrasted in order to determine their accuracy as primary sources. There are several themes portrayed throughout both sources such as: the civility of Cortez and Montezuma‚ initial encounters‚ the difference between the perception of gift versus greed‚ and the variation of religious
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Civilizations ( Aztec – Mayas – Inca ) The Mayans Their famous pyramid is the Chichen-Itza Mayan civilization of Maize (kind of corn) Mayan underground Granaries (storage) : Chultunes The Aztecs Empire The first man who visited Aztec was Bernald Diaz in 1519 (the 16th cent) 1492 was Christopher Columbous 1421 China discovered the world. ( a book) Mesoamerica before 1492 The country
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Europe’s success in New World domination came from their technological superiority. Europe used advanced forms of weaponry‚ such as cannons‚ crossbows‚ and cannons‚ to destroy any forms of Indian opposition. From the journal of Spanish soldier Bernal Diaz‚ he claimed “with our muskets
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each chapter‚ Schwartz attempts to present both sides of the story‚ although he warns that cross-cultural influence sometimes makes it difficult to group the documents with one culture. The account of Bernal Díaz in Schwartz’s second set of documents will be of particular interest to students. Díaz stresses the
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the globe. Until 1500 the world had‚ on whole‚ pressed in on Europe. Beginning in the 1500s‚ Europe began to press out on the world. This period in history is known as the Age of Discovery or Exploration. During this time‚ driven by a variety of motives‚ European explorers mapped almost all of the world’s seas and outlines of the continents and completed incredible feats such as the rediscovery of America and the circumnavigation of the globe. Through exploration Europe began to change the balance
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probably from the author(s) that wrote the Codex Mendoza and saw the items that were being sold there. In the memoirs of the conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo‚ he describes the quality and vast amounts of goods sold at the Aztec marketplace (Document 7). He states how the items were displayed and the policies that enforced order throughout the marketplace. Bernal Diaz is the author of this document and does show bias because he compared the Aztec marketplace to the marketplace of Portugal‚ and is truly
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typically been associated with Cortes ’ qualities as a leader‚ and in earlier accounts‚ with the idea that the culturally superior mental and moral qualities of the Spanish gave way to the defeat of the Aztecs. Moreover‚ the accounts of Cortes and Diaz point to a Spanish victory led by a God whose determination seemed to have been the eradication of an "empire which did so little to promote the happiness of its subjects‚ or the real interests of humanity." (2) It is remarkable that such an "uncivilized"
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Thesis My contention is that if we disregard militaristic paradigms and view the Conquest in a disaster context‚ akin to a people’s actions before‚ during‚ and after‚ through a sociological lens‚ the story of conquest becomes more transparent. The goal of the present study is to analyze several sources (primary‚ secondary‚ tertiary‚ Spanish‚ indigenous‚ and modern) with the intention of locating‚ identifying‚ and measuring whether or not there existed some quality among the indigenous‚ inherent
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