called xocolatl by the mesoamerican people‚ a nahuatl word meaning "bitter water" due to the cacao tree’s bitter taste when unfermented. Chocolate first spread beyond mesoamerica when Montezuma of Tenonchtitlan introduced Henan Cortez‚ a Spanish Conquistador‚ to it in the 16th century. Henan Cortez then brought it back to the Spanish court in 1528 along with the equipment used for brewing it. Chocolate didn’t become popular until after the downfall of the Aztec Empire‚ where then Cortez intensified
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In A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚ Bartolome De Las Casas writes to the King of Spain about the treatment of indigenous peoples by the Spanish conquistadors. Being a Spanish Dominican priest‚ he was appalled by how Christians were treating these people. He writes‚ “The Christians seized all the maize the locals had grown for themselves and their own families and‚ as a consequence‚ some twenty or thirty thousand natives died of hunger‚ some mothers even killing their own children
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The Spanish were the first to settle in central and South America. They established their empire by defeating the Aztecs people. While the Aztecs lived in Mexico‚ they structured a wealthy empire by means of warfare. However‚ the Spanish took their empire by exploiting the resentment‚ the subjects had. Francisco Pizarro arrived with a small force of men in Peru. They conquered the Incas‚ who also had a large empire. Even though they had a large empire‚ it suffered large a chaotic royal succession
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Chapter 5 Define Identify Review 1. conquistadors– Spanish soldiers and adventurers in search of gold‚ glory and land 2. Christopher Columbus – Italian sailor who believed he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean 3. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella– eventually gave Columbus three ships-the Nina‚ Pinta and the Santa Maria 4. Hernan Cortes –conqueror of the Aztec 5. Moctezuma II – ruler of the Aztec 6. Alonso Alvarez de Pineda – In 1519‚ he was the first to map the
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3.02 México interior - Práctica A. Answer the following about the Aztecs and the Conquistadors. 1. 1. Describe the life of the Aztecs. What is Tenochtitlan? How big was that city? Many Aztecs lived in colorful‚ huge buildings and large canals. Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec empire in 1502 and it was the biggest city in Spain. 1. 2. What was sold at the Aztec market? The Aztec market sold fruit‚ vegetables‚ grains‚ and other necessities. 1. 3. What was the main staple of
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the Modern Aztlan Movement • Religion of the Mexica & Bibliography • Major Deitites of the Mexica • Minor Deitites of the Mexica • Aztec Cannibalism: An Ecological Necessity? Path of the Conquest On November 8‚ 1519‚ the Spanish conquistadors first entered the great city of Mexico‚ the metropolis the Aztecs had built on a lake island. Don Hernando Cortes‚ who was accompanied by six hundred Spaniards and a great many native allies‚ at last could see for himself the temples and palaces
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The Spanish’s need to colonize and conquer the Americas derived from their dreams of success‚ wealth‚ and power. When Spanish conquistadors conquered some of the richest and populous lands in South America‚ it caused a chain reaction of voyages and expeditions across Europe. The discoveries of gold‚ silver‚ newly captured slaves‚ and land uplifted the European economy. Self-recognition and “title” was also gained through conquering large‚ plentiful lands. Through the eyes of the Spaniards
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They also brought disease‚ but it didn’t affect them as much as it affected the Incas because the Spanish were immune to it and they had doctors that were knowledgeable about the disease and they had experience unlike the Inca doctors. Even the conquistadors themselves were specialized in fighting. They came with things that all relate back to specialized labor. The Spanish had specialized labor for a long time. The had people like Columbus who were specialized in long distance explorations‚ or people
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broke the backs of Chinese peasants and allowed for even more European conquest all over the world. When the Spanish founded Potosí in 1545‚ they discovered a mountain that seemed to be made of impure silver. Since precious metals were what the conquistadors had come looking for‚ Potosí was (pun intended) a gold mine of wealth. He Qiaoyuan‚ a Ming court official‚ mentioned‚ in one of his reports to the emperor that‚ “the Spanish have silver mountains‚ which they mint into silver coins.” Though it may
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SmallPox Smallpox is a disease caused by a poxvirus that is transmitted from person to person that causes high fever‚ characteristic rash‚ and may kill about one-third of those infected. Smallpox is the only disease that has been completely wiped out throughout the world. Smallpox is also potentially one of the most devastating biological weapons ever conceived. Smallpox usually requires fairly prolonged face-to-face contact to spread. It’s most often transmitted through the air by droplets
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