group of about ten thousand men that hoped for royal titles and favors. In 1519‚ Hernán Cortés left Cuba with sixteen horses and and hundreds of men on eleven ships. He had hoped to reach Mexico and gain power. This angered many Natives‚ and on June 30‚ 1520‚ the Aztecs attacked. The fighting only lasted a few months‚ and eventually the Aztecs surrendered. Although it left the area marked with death and disease‚ Cortés and the conquistadores had brought animals‚ customs‚ religion‚ and laws to the Native
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In the 1400s alone‚ two collisions of worlds took place. They are collisions in the sense that there were two parties who were socially very different whose cultures met at rather sudden point. These collisions’ importance and impact in history and global economics is great. The first was the introduction of European trading posts into Africa; the second was Columbus landing in the Bahamas and unintentionally discovering the New World. These two events are alike in they both let to dramatic changes
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and land 2. Christopher Columbus – Italian sailor who believed he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean 3. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella– eventually gave Columbus three ships-the Nina‚ Pinta and the Santa Maria 4. Hernan Cortes –conqueror of the Aztec 5. Moctezuma II – ruler of the Aztec 6. Alonso Alvarez de Pineda – In 1519‚ he was the first to map the northern Gulf of Mexico‚ which included Texas‚ and established first mainland Spanish settlement even though
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Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was an ambitious‚ at times ruthless Portuguese soldier who served the Spanish Empire. Cabrillo eventually made his fortune in Guatemala‚ mining gold and trading goods while participating in the slave trade. In hopes of more riches‚ he set out to explore the California coast‚ mapping landmarks and identifying Native villages. He died on January 3‚ 1543‚ of infection from a wound suffered after an attack on his expedition by Tongva tribesmen. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo is
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During the 1500s places like Europe‚ Africa‚ and Asia got together to from global trade system‚ The Silk Road. For the first time in history‚ every region of the world now was working with the others. They all desired to collaborate and grow at the same time instead of one trying to take over one another. African slaves worked in plantations to sell sugar to at a cheap price. Sugar and silver was also brought to Europe and China. But Europe was going out considering most of the world instead of all
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of terror towards rulers and priests. Aztec people had known nothing other than this lifestyle for centuries until a new culture made its way to their land. In 1492‚ Spanish Conquistadors such as Hernan Cortes sailed to the coast of Latin America‚ bringing their religious views along with them. Cortes and his army of 600 conquered the land‚ destroying precious temples in the process. They pulled down all the polytheistic idols‚ rearranging their stone to replace them with Christian architecture
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hundred sixty-five and a quarter days in a year (O.I). Since the glyphs were on the most accurate calendar of the time the glyphs are known to be accurate. In 1519‚ Hernán Cortés arrived in the Aztec civilization and described the magnificence of the Aztec’s capital‚ Tenochtitlán. Document Three contains an excerpt in which Cortés described how the markets were filled with as many as 60‚000 people. The markets had all kinds of merchandise produced in the country including jewels of gold and silver
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the Machu Picchu in Peru after the Spanish conquered the Inca. After their emperor‚ Huayna Capac had died from smallpox in 1525‚ the Inca broke into civil war and chaos. The artifact “Francisco Pizarro” (Deangelis) here shows similar tactics as Hernan Cortes to defeat the Inca. He also massacred and looted the cities. He uncovered ginormous amounts of silver and gold. The Incas were incredibly important to Latin America. They had many accomplishments with culture‚ achievements‚ and in the end conquered
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Kailee Sixberry February 6‚ 2013 Mr. Bancroft Global 9- DBQ 12 The Mayan‚ Aztec‚ and Incan civilizations were very advanced‚ this is evident through their many accomplishments. The Mayan civilization had accomplishments such as building one of the largest stone structures in America; the temple in Tikal. The Mayans also created a very accurate calendar and writing system. The Aztecs were also very advanced. The Aztecs built their own city‚ Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan‚ which at
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When the Aztecs surrounded Cortes and his men‚ they anticipated having the upper hand. Afterall‚ Cortes had under two hundred men‚ while they had thousands. However‚ when the battle began the cotton armor‚ bows and arrows‚ rocks‚ and javelins were futile against the metal armor‚ heavy metal swords‚ muskets‚ and canons
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