does have merit for not considering his work as a reliable source due to the information and citations not being current. However‚ “The History of America” is still regarded as a reliable source for historians to use when researching the Spanish conquest of America. Robertson’s background‚ historical expertise on Spanish history‚ use of ample amounts of historical sources‚ factual material‚ and objectivity prove his work as a trustworthy source. Therefore‚ it is still valuable
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In the 1400s‚ present-day Spain was not how it is today. The land was divided into three kingdoms: Castile‚ Aragon and Portugal. The region had a variety of religions and different cultures such as Islam and Christianity‚ along with Catholicism. (Walbert) This time period was when the Reconquista occurred‚ also known as Spain’s Golden Age. Isabella and Ferdinand played a major role in the Reconquista. They transformed most of what is now present day Spain and they spread the Catholic religion throughout
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gained power through conquest. Yet‚ to my surprise‚ I now know that Alexander was infact the son of a king‚ Phillip the second. Knowing this‚ I now view this discussion question a bit differently. There is no doubt that Alexander The Great was infact an influence character in history‚ but I wager his father deserves more credit than what common history gives him. The empire Alexander created both militarily and politically would‚ in my opinion‚ never occurred with the earlier conquest‚ and alliances his
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The Mongols accomplished the conquest of such large territory in such a short period of time. This is because they had an increase of technology‚ strong leadership‚ and great army strategies. The Mongols were a nomadic group that originated in Central Asia ‚ Genghis Khan was their leader. In document 3 and 5 it explains about weapons and battles. In document 3 it says “They wear defensive armor made from buffalo and hides of other beasts‚ dried by fire‚ and thus rendered extremely hard and strong”
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survived and influenced later societies. Europeans sought economic gain and social mobility; they used coerced laborers or slaves to create plantations and mine deposits of precious metals or diamonds. Spaniards and Portuguese: From Reconquest to Conquest. Iberians had long inhabited a frontier zone where differing cultures interacted. Muslims invaded and conquered in the eighth century; later small Christian states formed and began a long period of reconquest. By the middle of the fifteenth century
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expatriates and an estimated 2 million are illegal immigrants. Saudi nationals comprise an estimated 16 million people. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded by Abdul-Aziz bin Saud (known for most of his career as Ibn Saud) in 1932‚ although the conquests which eventually led to the creation of the Kingdom began in 1902 when he captured Riyadh‚ the ancestral home of his family‚ the House of Saud‚ referred to in Arabic as the Al Saud. The Saudi Arabian government‚ which has been an absolute monarchy
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While the conquest of the moon was in the offing‚ although the limelight was on the astronauts manning the space ships‚ yet the ultimate glory was not theirs alone. It equally belonged to others who had risked their lives in the quest. In an equal measure‚ it also belonged to men like Euclid‚ Archimedes‚ Copernicus‚ Kepler‚ Newton‚ Tsilkovsky‚ Oberth and many others who had blazed the trail with ideas and experiments which made the feat possible. And in the ultimate analysis‚ it was a victory
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Spread of Islam in North Africa The first influx of Muslims into Africa was during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad in which a group of citizens from Mecca fled to Ethiopia to escape prosecution. Islam swept across North Africa very early after the death of Muhammad‚ spreading from Egypt in the 7th century reaching all the way to the Atlantic by the 8th. The spread of Islam in North Africa is similar to the way Europeans colonized America in that it was a westward spread across the continent
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political and economic effects of Mongol rule on TWO of the following regions: China Middle East Russia The Mongols controlled an enormous section of Eurasia during their period of influence‚ two of their largest conquests being China and Russia. Throughout the duration of their stay‚ they irrevocably affected the politics and economy of those regions. When the Khubilai Khan and his Mongols came for China‚ they did so with great force. The two armies met on the North
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alliance between the factors of science‚ politics‚ and economics that generated this revolution was far more effective in Europe‚ allowing Europe to dominate the global network and surpass Asia‚ the Middle East‚ and other regions of the world in its conquest for
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