By 1491‚ each diverse Native American tribe had already thriving and self-sufficient communities. This was achieved by three main reasons‚ starting with inhabitation of land with fertile vegetation. One South American empire utilized their unconventional mountainous geography to their advantage. While there are many factors in which each tribe and empire differed from one another‚ a common characteristic all Native American societies share is their belief in animism. On these grounds‚ Native American
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Notes on the Renaissance (and useful hyperlinks) Vocabulary: A polymath (Greek polymathēs‚ "having learned much") is a person with encyclopedic‚ broad‚ or varied knowledge or learning….Renaissance Man and Homo Universalis are related terms to describe a person who is well educated‚ or who excels‚ in a wide variety of subjects or fields. (wikidepia) The Renaissance – An Overview (from http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/index.html) Between 1300 and 1600 the Western world was
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The Great Ice Age also led to populating of N America b. Map pg 6 c. A land bridge once connected N America to the Asian continent where the Bering Sea now exists. Humans used this bridge for some 250 centuries - populating the Americas d. By 1492‚ 54 million people inhabited the Americas e. Maize helped to sustain the population f. Development of civilization: large cities‚ technology of the wheel‚ commerce g. Aztecs: religion - human sacrifice III. The Earliest Americans a. The crop
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Chapter 1 Summary Millions of years ago‚ the two American continents became geologically separated from the Eastern Hemisphere land masses where humanity originated. The first people to enter these continents came across a temporary land bridge from Siberia about 35‚000 years ago. Spreading across the two continents‚ they developed a great diversity of societies based largely on corn agriculture and hunting‚ In North America‚ their societies were less numerous and urbanized than in South America
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ships left on August 3‚ 1492 heading for the Canaries. They then departed into the unknown on September 6‚ 1492. The Canary Current was a great choice‚ speeding their journey. On October 12‚ a lookout on the Pinta cried out that he had seen land. A reward of ten thousand maravedis was to go to the man who saw land first‚ but Columbus acted cruelly‚ pocketing the money by saying that he had seen land several days before. The ships landed in the Americas on October 12‚ 1492 after thirty-six days
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The journey and colonization of the new world proved to be a monumental task‚ yet daunting task that presented a new set of challenges for the settlers. In his letter to Ferdinand and Isabella‚ the king and queen of Spain in the late 15th century and early 16th century‚ Christopher Columbus describes his colonization of the new world as a massive potential for the seemingly untouched utopia of natural resources. The letter reveals a sense of urgency and uncertainty in Columbus derived from the competition
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After Christopher Columbus’s exploration in 1492‚ a widespread colonization occurred because of the wonderful opportunities the New World promised to the European countries. While sharing a continent‚ the Spanish and New England colonies had major similarities and a plethora amount of differences. The Spanish and New England colonies shared significant similarities with the treatment of the natives‚ yet these colonies had extreme differences with the role of religion and the control of European government
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Changes in The Latin West Reading the title of this essay‚ many may ask‚ what is the Latin West? The Latin West was the Historians’ name for the Territories of Europe that believed in the Latin rite of Christianity and the use of the Latin language for intellectual exchange in 1200 through 1500. In 1454‚ a year after Ottoman Turks seized the city of Constantinople‚ Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini showed doubts as to whether anyone could convince the rulers of Christian Europe to take
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discovery. I lived in Palos‚ where Columbus began his voyage. I was an experienced sailor but others were freemen who came along with promises of fame and riches. In all there were about 90 of us on the three ships which Columbus got from Ferdinand and Isabella‚ the king and queen of Spain. I sailed on the Santa Maria which was the flagship‚ and the others were the Nina and the Pinta. The Santa Marie was about 18 metres long and it had a lateen sail and two square sails. Columbus believed the
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the East Indies‚ instead of east. He travelled west due to the fact that he was considering for a rapid trade route to Asia and to arrange transportation more profitable. Also‚ to take spices and gold for Spain‚ in order to influence King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. “Earth is sphere‚ not a flat circle like most people believed at that time.” Columbus glanced this in the Bible‚ believed it and then set out to gain fame. Odd that no one ever seems to elaborate on the Bible’s accuracy‚ in this account
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