Jonathan Dong DBQ Global integration‚ the idea of combining of economics‚ politics‚ and cultures to become a more universal world ‚ has become especially prevalent in the ancient civilizations of South America. Cortes ‚ the Spanish conquistador was able to conquer the massive Aztec empire. Christopher Columbus‚ another European explorer‚ united the growing settlements of the Americas and Europe. Because of their modern weaponry and diseases‚ the Europeans were able to create the ideal society
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APUSH American Pageant: Edition 13 Chapter 1 Notes Founding the New Nation The people who settled in America didn’t want to found a new nation. They were Europeans who continued to view themselves as Europeans‚ and they regarded America as the “western rim of a transatlantic European world”. The settlers who came to America were much alike. They spoke English and wanted an agricultural society. They grew to cherish the ideals like individual liberty‚ self-government‚ religious tolerance‚ and
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Inca and Aztecs Two of the most influential and powerful postclassical Mesoamerican empires belonged to the Inca and Aztec people. While both civilizations had different geographic locations and government structures‚ these two civilizations have similar methods of living standards and belief systems. The Incan and Aztec empires existed at approximately the same time period in history. The first emperor of the Incan empire‚ Manco Capac‚ founded the Incan civilization in the early 13th
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Discuss the extent to which diseases brought by the Europeans played a role in the Spanish Conquest of Mexico and Peru. Before 1942 there was about 50 million Native Americans in Mexico and Peru within 100 years such Native American population decline as much as 90% (45 million). This was mainly as a result of the diseases brought by the Europeans and the diseases that had existed then. Therefore‚ the natives believed that their God’s had deserted them. However‚ there were other factors which played
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The Spanish age of Exploration was motivated by a desire for new territory‚ wealth and trading partners. The colonisation by the Spanish had a detrimental effect on the Aztec and the Inca civilisations. The Aztecs and Incas were a very advanced civilisation that the Spanish had never seen before. When the Spanish first arrived in the Americas‚ they were surprised to see clean‚ ordered and well planned cities with temples and architecture that was unknown to the Spanish. The Aztec Empire particularly
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Europe’s geographic position was a key influence on its development. Not only was Europe close to the Fertile Crescent‚ but it also it contained climates and habitats that animals and crops could adapt to. In the 16th century‚ livestock animals that came from the Fertile Crescent dominated European farms. These animals included the cow‚ sheep‚ goat‚ horse‚ and many others. They served as a source of meat‚ milk‚ wool‚ manure‚ and muscle power. They transformed the productivity
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Hernando Cortez Was Hernando Cortez a good or evil man? This debate has been argued over the years and still is today. Those who say Cortez is an evil man seem to focus singularly on the actions that the great Spanish conquistador has inflicted upon the Aztecs and the surrounding Indians. Not once do they look at the reasons why he performed the actions that many say were horrible acts of violence and manslaughter. These accusations of greed and murder of the Aztecs‚ as well as his own against
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Charles Purkerson Jr His 108 8/27/14 Zinn Chapter 1 Zinn Q and A Q: 1. According to Zinn‚ what is his main purpose for writing A People’s History Of The United States? A: 1. Zinn’s main purpose was to give a detailed account of American history from the victim’s point of view or present the history from the point of view of the common people Q: 2. What is Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11? A: 2. Zinn’s thesis is that Christopher
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“The dismal drum of Huichilobos sounded again‚ accompanied by conches‚ horns‚ and trumpet-like instruments. It was a terrifying sound‚ and when we looked at the tall cue (temple-pyramid) from which it came we saw our comrades who had been captured in Cortes’ defeat being dragged up the steps to be sacrificed. When they had haled them up to a small platform in front of the shrine where they kept their accursed idols we saw them put plums on the heads of many of them; and then they made them dance with
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Contrary to the more victorious conquistadors‚ like Cortés‚ El Adelantado was not a focused‚ ruthless invader‚ but more of a negotiator who was easily distracted in pursuing alternatives. This is the main reason why there were multiple attempts at vanquishing the Mayan natives. The second attempt lasted
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