The motivations for the Spanish to migrate were to get money/gold‚ spread the religion and control new land. On page 46 it says‚ "Cortes had heard of a wealthy land to the west"‚ which made him want to explore it and rule it. When the Spanish arrived they were welcomed‚ but they quickly took advantage of their kindness and killed the leader of the new land. The Spanish were successful because they built an empire and brought in tons of gold and they "operated many plantations" (page 52). The French
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Methods and Regions in Which Islam‚ Christianity‚ and Buddhism Spread During the Classical and Postclassical Eras. The universal religions of Islam‚ Christianity‚ and Buddhism were shaped very powerfully during the postclassical era because of their growing populations‚ warfare‚ and ideology. Islam started in Mecca and is related more closely to Christianity than Buddhism. Christianity started in Israel and spread through Jesus Christ to become the religion with the most followers. Buddhism started
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military would have restored caliphal power if there was no financial crisis. The extent of distress was so much that in Shawwal 253/867 a Turkish commander ‘Wasif told discontented solders to eat dirt as he had nothing to give them.’ The civil war did much
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The moon has stumped many people on where It was originated from. How did the moon get its shape? Why does the moon have craters? Many theories were made with evidence to prove that the moon was made in different ways‚ however‚ the most accurately proven theory is that the moon was formed when a mars-like object hit Earth and erupted into little pieces. The little pieces were floating around the Earth and then formed together to create the moon‚ we were orbiting around our solar system. A theory that
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different tribes in Africa survived or were defeated. The Bijago were one of the tribes most mentioned which lead me to believe that they were very well off. Rodeny then went on to describe how they were able to survive. I will discuss why I believe they did survive so long and so well. First off‚ I do not agree with how the Bijago handled their survival. Raging war and capturing your own neighbors is what the Bijago had to do though. Rodney describes the tribe as geared towards war and the men were
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believe that he wasn’t the reason the Aztec Empire fell. He was “thrown into the position”; and the position was only setup for him to eventually fall to a high power‚ The Conquistadors. For those who agree‚ they would strongly debate the fact that he did indeed dismiss all plebeians from his court and increased taxation. “Although his advisers warned him that his actions would depreciate the empire‚ he requested numerous new things such as heavier tribute from conquered tribes and that he requested
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rebellion and uprisings was due to the hatred on the lords oppressions. Responses varied‚ considering that lords and theologians such as Martin Luther did not agree with the choice of the peasants while some other theologians did agree with the peasants and even urged and praised them to continue. The peasants felt oppression coming from their lords and did not appreciate how they were being treated. In Articles of Peasants of Memmingen‚ which was a document written by the peasant people themselves
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50 out of 102 pilgrims died. The Wampanoag tribe already lived there. What if the colonists did not arrive in Massachusetts? They shared knowledge of the local crops and helped the pilgrims survive. John Smith made up a rule “if you don’t work you don’t eat”. It wasn’t easy for the new travelers. At first they didn’t know how to cook‚ plant crops
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Captain Wittemann stated when being questioned by Director of the FBI‚ that Captain Max Pruss and Captain Ernst Lehmann had been warned of possible sabotage of the Hindenburg (Kelly). The captains‚ however‚ did not think much of the threat and did not tell anyone about it. The last and final set of evidence for the claim of sabotage is the footprints found near the back of the landing airfield in a restricted area. This evidence was used for the theory of the Hindenburg‚ that
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Issue 8: Did the Progressives fail? Yes (Abrams): Professor of history Richard M. Abrams maintains that progressivism was a failure because it tried to impose a uniform set of values upon a culturally diverse people and never seriously confronted the inequalities that still exist in American society. No (Link and McCormick): Professors of history Arthur S. Link and Richard L. McCormick argue that the progressives were a diverse group of reformers who confronted and ameliorated the worst
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