and the Incas have distinct differences in the way their societies prospered as well as their way of everyday life. The Incas had a much larger population than the Spanish‚ but lacked a few technological advancements that the spanish had developed. Pizarro‚ leader of Spain‚ was able to conquer the Incas because of these advancements‚ along with a large military force. The Inca military consisted of men with little to no armor and they used wooden bats. The weak Inca Military was no match for the Spanish
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Puerto Rico. (Caselli 24) Some more improvements in ships were discovered around the time the spanish colonised Cuba and Puerto Rico. Ship makers added more masts to the ship and they added rudders so you can control and steer the ship. Francisco Pizarro was a very important figure in the colonization of the caribbean islands and other countries of the new world. He conquered Peru and the Incan empire in 1532. Him and his brothers helped the spanish colonize most of the South American. The Spanish
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* He reached the new world in October 12 1492 More explorers and conquistadors would follow him through unknown territories in hope of finding wealth and power many would fail and few would achive it .men like these would achive it:Francisco pizarro –of concuque inca empire‚hernan cortez-concuque the aztec empire * Spain already the strongest state on the European continenet would inherit the most powerful monarch in Europe in 1516 charles 5th holy roman emperor –he would involve spain in
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AP European History HANDOUT Explorers Networking Assignment Name of Explorer: Bartolomeo Diaz Date (s) of Exploration: August 1487 - December 1488 Nation of Representation: Portugal Discovery: -set out to find a way around the southern tip of Africa (also to establish a friendly relationship with the country of Prester John‚ a Christian African king) -followed previous route from Diogo Cao to Cape Cross -continued along coast‚ reached Kwaaihoek (today known as Eastern Cape province)
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Molly Ball! Period 4! Mr. Rudolph! 25 August‚ 2014! ! Chapter 1: New World Beginnings! ! 1. How did “man” reach the New World? Why did we come?! ! When the Ice Age caused the sea level to drop‚ it exposed a land bridge from Eurasia to North America. Therefore‚ while some nomads took boats to the New World‚ the majority of the first nomadic Asian hunters came to the New World by walking across the land bridge‚ called Bering isthmus. Small bands of these immigrants continued to travel across the
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The Age of Exploration was a period from the early 1400s and continuing into the early 1600s‚ during which European ships traveled around the world to search for new trade routes to feed growing capitalism in Europe. The most commonly sought after new trade route was to the Spice Islands‚ which are now the Indonesian archipelago‚ in southern Asia. Spices were originally brought to Western Europe by land routes‚ but because of a lack cargo space and extremely long travel times the prices were very
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over every single aspect of society. They would oppress the Indians and after many battles‚ long treasure hunts and gallons of blood spilled‚ Europeans found all the ornaments and richness‚ and took possession of them. As stated by Galeano‚ “Before Pizarro strangled and decapitated Atahualpa‚ he got from him a ransom of ‘gold and silver weighing more than 20‚000 marks in fine silver and 1‚326‚000 escudos in the finest gold’”3. This not only shows the extents the Europeans where willing to go to for
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“Why you white man have so much cargo and us New Guineans have so little?” This is the question Yali asked Jared Diamond a University of California Los Angeles professor. This sparked Jared Diamond to answer this question by turning back the clocks of time to an era where everyone lived the same. This is the beginnings of Diamond’s ground breaking and heartwarming three- part documentary called “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel.” This documentary goes deep into history and answers the main question
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(1) Francesco Petrarch (1304-74) As the first of the Humanist‚ he was one of the most influential poets of the Middle Ages. And he is considered by most to be the founder Renaissance Humanism in general. Petrarch was the first and greatest representative of the humanistic phase of the Italian Renaissance. He was the first scholar of the mediaeval time who fully realized and appreciated the supreme excellence and beauty of the classical literature and its value as a means of culture.
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Food Technology | Processing Chocolate | The processes to make chocolate | | Chocolate can be made in many different forms (candy bars‚ cocoa‚ cakes‚ cookies‚ coating for other candies and fruits) and is probably America’s most popular candy. Chocolate is neatly wrapped as the result of a long‚ delicate and complicated refining process that begins with the theobroma cacao tree. Any delicious bar of fine chocolate begins with the cacao tree. The secret behind cocoa has been dated back
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