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    As night fell in the ancient city of Cajamarca‚ the important Emperor Atahualpa had to make one of the most important decisions in his life. With the fate of the Incan empire in his hands‚ Emperor Atahualpa took a step toward the Spanish conquerors‚ who were after the riches of the copious Incan empire. As the diplomatic meeting was about to commence‚ Atahualpa made the gutsy decision to commence the meeting without any weapons‚ believing in a true diplomatic meeting with Francisco Pizarro and his

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    As stated by Stern the kurakas that followed Atahualpa to Cajamarca were rather impressed by the military capabilities of the Spaniards especially the Lucanas people of Andamarca and Laramati whose kurakas asserted themselves as friends of the Spanish in hopes of forming an alliance. One of these crude alliance systems

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    Evaluation of Jared Diamond’s Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel In the beginning of his book‚ Jared Diamond explains a question that the New Guinea politician Yali‚ proposed to him. The question at large is “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own.”? Diamond explains that Yali’s question is (putting it mildly) asking how the whites (Europeans) developed more technology. Throughout Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Diamond

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    To what extent is increased globalization a threat to national culture? Globalization is probably one of the most important political topics in the 21’st century‚ and also the most controversial situation of the world. Globalization refers to the worldwide movement of a business beyond domestic‚ national and international markets. Globalization has the effect of not only international trading‚ but also a cultural exchange. Some look at globalization as favorable and positive because it’s a key for

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    areas to dominate the Incas were known for a lesser extent. Thus‚ Pizarro had to sail overseas‚ from Spain to Panama‚ all across the Atlantic‚ while the Incas did not have access to this type of technology to invade the Spaniards. The Battle of Cajamarca took place on November 16‚ 1532. One reason for Atahuallpa’s easy capture was the discrepancy of word from mouth. He believed that the Spaniards were not formidable opponents and that they lacked social and military order. Also from word of mouth

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    The book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond attempts to answer the question‚ “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had so little cargo of our own?” This question was asked by Yali‚ a New Guinean politician talking to Jared Diamond. Jared Diamond answers this question by analyzing the development of civilization across the globe‚ from the deserts of Africa to the woodlands of North America. Each of these civilizations progressed

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    different continents? According to the author‚ the most important continental differences appear in domesticable plants and animals‚ germs‚ orientation of continental axes‚ and ecological barriers. Throughout the book‚ he refers back to the "Collision at Cajamarca‚" or the first encounter between the Incan emperor Atahuallpa and the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro‚ as a "broad window onto world history." The encounter is effective in capturing his argument‚ namely that the Spanish "victory"

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    Thousands of Indigenous Americans in their homeland vs. one hundred Spaniards in a new area and somehow in less than five minutes the Spaniard’s capture the Indigenous leader. In 1532‚ Spaniard’s came from Europe to Cajamarca to conquer land and spread Christianity. The leader of the Spaniard’s was Francisco Pizarro. The first encounter between Spaniards and the Indigenous Americans was quick. The Spaniard’s captured the leader‚ Atahualpa‚ and held as a prisoner for eight months. For his release

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    Captain Francisco Pizarro formed a partnership in Panama with Diego de Almagro and the priest Hernando de Luque in order to explore the Pacific coast‚ looking for a Biru tribe that became the name Peru. His first expedition began in November 1524 with eighty men and four horses; but they suffered starvation‚ and Almagro lost an eye fighting natives. In 1526 they took two ships and captured a balsa raft with rich ornaments of silver and gold. Pizarro kept three captured natives to learn Spanish and

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    Yanacocha Mine Case Study

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    In 1993‚ the World Bank together with the IFC invested in a gold mine project at Yanacocha in the mountains of Northern Peru a few miles from the ancient Inca city of Cajamarca and the actual village of La Pajuela. The mine is owned at 51% by US-based Newmont Mining corporation and by Buenaventura of Peru for the remaining shares together with the World Bank which has a 5% ownership stake. It is an economical success for this venture has provided 2‚300 direct jobs and more than 10‚000 indirect jobs

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