the success of Cortes’ conquest of the Aztec Empire between 1519-21? Extended Essay Word Count: 3‚888 Abstract: This essay addresses the question ‘To what extent did Spanish military superiority facilitate the success of Cortes’ conquest of the Aztec Empire between 1519-21?’. In order to reach a conclusion‚ a range of primary and secondary sources have been consulted‚ including The Conquest of Mexico by Hugh Thomas
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political and economic effects of Mongol rule on China and Russia. Mongol rule affected China and Russia similarly because it caused power struggles but was different in the way that China dealt with inflation and the Mongols were brought down by peasant rebellion while Russia declared itself independent and prospered economically through its annexed cities. Mongols created discontent within their rule from the start when they purposefully kept a rift between the Mongols and Chinese through the banning
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Assess the significance of the leadership of Cortes for the conquest of Mexico and its immediate consequences The leadership of Cortes was for sure one of the key aspects that helped lead to the capture of Tenochtitlan‚ the capital of the Aztec kingdom and then later to the capture of Mexico itself. To properly assess the significance of Cortes in the conquest of Mexico‚ then we must look at his role as a leader. Many sources show us that he was inspiring‚ lucky‚ ambitious and resourceful but
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IMPACT OF TOURISM ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES Fe Zuly 2011 Abstract Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity in 2008‚ there were over 922 million international tourist arrivals‚ with a growth of 1.9% as compared to 2007. International tourism receipts grew to US$944 billion (euro 642 billion) in 2008‚ corresponding to an increase in real terms of 18%. This paper is purposed to explain about impact of tourism including advantages and disadvantages. This impact
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ABSTRACT The main objective of this essay was to evaluate the impact of dams on the economic‚ social and environmental contexts. The idea was to analyse the dam’s major impact on each of these aspects. In the economic background‚ the benefits that hydroelectric dams provide were discussed in addition to the dam’s economic role in agriculture and food supply. Next‚ social impacts of dams were assessed which were mostly negative that dealt with population displacement and cultural sites destruction
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Topic: Negative Tourism Impacts Prediction * Risk factors of tourism * Disadvantages of tourism * Conservation of risk factors of tourism Check Prediction * List of tourism impacts * Side effects of tourism impacts * Conservation of natural resources Note Nowadays‚ tourism started to earn itself a very bad name due to thoughtless development‚ and disruption of local cultures‚ values and economies‚ during the birth of mass international travel. *
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Spanish were very wealthy because they have acquired lots of riches from their explorations. In the 17th through 18th century‚ problems broke out in Dutch territories causing Spain to be forced to leave the West Indian Islands and Jamaica open for conquest. England eventually took control and proceeded to take interest in the crops. Britain was victorious because the Spanish wanted to convert people to Catholicism‚ and Britain was only concerned with expanding their empire and making a profit. Therefore
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threats. Although nuclear power can be used to generate electricity in an environment friendly manner‚ it is a subject of controversies owing to the threats related to it. Nuclear power has positive as well as negative impacts on people‚ society and environment. Positive Impacts on People The potential of nuclear power has been recognized by people. It is capable of providing unlimited and easily accessible energy. Due to the depletion in reserves of fossil fuels‚ costs of fuels and power is increasing
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INTRODUCTION OF GLOBALISATION The topic of ‘Impact of Globalisation on Indian Tradition’ reminds me of one of the famous quotes of visionary Swami Vivekananda‚ who foresaw the hazards of globalization and impact of MNC culture resulted from globalization in India as early as in 1893 when he spoke at the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago. He said “Shall India die? Then‚ from the world all spirituality will be extinct‚ all sweet-souled sympathy for religion will be extinct‚ all ideality will
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Impact of Advertisement In the 21st century we all are aware of the development of science and technology and of the progress made by mankind. Science has always given us a lot and one of the gifts of science is mass-media which includes television‚ radio etc. Television is having a great impact on our minds and as a result we learn word to word utterances of the persons acting before us. This is true whether they are in serials or in advertisements. Nowadays‚ we find that children pay more
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