Chapter 1: The Meeting of Cultures Beginnings of America: • Nearly 12‚000-14‚000 years ago / 9000 BC migrations reached the southern tip of South America / 15th century AD = contact with Europeans -> brought with them diseases (smallpox) ended in: demographic catastrophe‚ weakened societies‚ aided Spanish/ Portuguese exploration America before Columbus: • Adaptation to surroundings = nomadic bands‚ hunting‚ fishing‚ agriculture -> created civilizations • Population: a lot more people
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The first of four voyages: 1492‚ 1493‚ 1498‚ and 1502. In 1493 he came back to the New World with an impressive fleet of 17 ships and 1‚200 men. It was a venture of colonization. Due to the destruction of his fortress of La Navidad (created in 1492‚ in Hispaniola today’s Haiti)‚ he erected the first European-American town: Isabela (in Hispaniola‚ Dominican Republic). Columbus believed
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Columbus and Lindbergh: A Journey Across the Atlantic Christopher Columbus and Charles Lindbergh are both monumental figures in history who share a common achievement: both crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Some say that because there were 400 years between their journeys‚ the two are strikingly different. However‚ there are similarities and differences in what each man hoped to achieve‚ the challenges they faced‚ and the skills essential to their success. Therefore‚ despite the differences between the
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The Downfall of the Moors and the Aztecs In what are commonly regarded as two of the greatest conquests in early history‚ the Moors of Spain and the Aztec Empire were both dethroned by invading empires. The Moors by the White armies of the Goths and later the Spanish looking for revenge‚ and the Aztecs by the Spanish themselves‚ in search of riches in the new world. What began in 711 A.D. and lasted for over seven centuries can be described as the largest race war in history. The Moors had overrun
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era of the “new Monarchies”. In France‚ Louis XI (d. 1483)‚ the spider‚ established a centralized state. England’s Henry VII (d. 1509) limited the private armies of the aristocracy‚ raised taxes‚ and left more powerful monarchy In Spain Isabella (d. 1504) and Ferdinand (d. 1516) created a professional army and enforced religious uniformity by the conversion and expulsion of Jews and Muslims. The Holy Roman Empire remained weak‚ but the Hapsburg emperors created strong state of their own through numerous
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Inquisition was founded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1478. They wanted to maintain Catholicism in their kingdom and rid Spain of heretics and non-Catholics. * A historic town in lower Galilee. It was mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Mary and Joseph‚ it is closely associated with the childhood of Jesus Christ and is a center of Christian pilgrimage. Queen Isabella ordered all Jews to convert to Christianity or leave the country. Ferdinand and Isabella began to think that most of who
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converted into a royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I‚ Sultan of Granada.[1] The Alhambra’s Islamic palaces were built for the last Muslim emirs in Spain and its court of the Nasrid dynasty. After the Reconquista by theReyes Católicos ("Catholic Monarchs") in 1492‚ some portions were used by Christian rulers. The Palace of Charles V‚ built by Charles V‚ Holy Roman Emperor in 1527‚ was inserted in the Alhambra within the Nasrid fortifications. After being allowed to fall into disrepair for centuries‚ the Alhambra
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On August 3‚ 1492‚ Columbus and his crew of ninety men along with two other ships set sail from Spain out across the ocean in search of a spice trail to the East. On the morning of October 12‚ 1492 they landed on the shore of what is now Cuba. It wasn’t until 300 years later in 1792 that Columbus was actually honored in America. But every second Monday in October is met with a series of celebrations and protests regarding this man who is said to have discovered America olumbus was born in Genoa
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The most important contribution to European expansion was the search for new trade routes. Christopher Columbus in 1492 accidentally stumbled across the Americas on his way to India in search of foreign goods and a new‚ quicker path to get to them. The Europeans already had trade routes‚ but each of them had a flaw. Either the route was too long‚ too costly‚ or too long. The main countries of their times sent different explorer’s to find new trade routes. Portuguese Prince Henry (the Navigator)
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the geographical Caribbean. What then makes the Caribbean? In 1492‚ the Caribbean as we it know became undefinable geographically and historically. This was the year Columbus received funding from Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain to embark on the trip to the Indies. Originally the intention was to travel west to get to the east. Columbus received three ships and sailors and set sail towards the Indies. In august of 1492 he left Europe and was on the way to a discovery. In October of
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