one of the most successful Spanish Conquistadors around during 1474-1541. With the help of the Columbian Exchange‚ in 1532‚ he had conquered the Inca empire and then founded the Spanish colony of Peru. The smallpox had killed of many of the Inca‚ including the emperor. So‚ it wasn’t much of a struggle to take over the empire.He had ruled the former Inca territories until he was assassinated by rival conquistadors in
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The first encounter was on November 16‚ 1532‚ at Peruvian Highland Town. Pizarro led the Spaniards and Atahualpa led the Indigenous Americans. Pizarro captured Atahualpa and the lead towards a Spanish victory. The second major battle was the Great Inca Rebellion. It was in 1536 at the town square in Cajamarca‚ Pizarro gave the Bible to Atahualpa to read and study because he wanted the Indigenous Americans to convert to Christianity. But instead Atahualpa through the Bible on the ground‚ which was
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For millions of people the American Dream and the ideology of " so proudly we hail" symbolizes equal opportunity‚ freedom and determination. However‚ for many African & Native Americans that make up 16.3% (5.4 million Native Americans and 14.3% African Americans) of our nation’s population. The American Dream represents a dark road of racism‚ social conflict and genocide. Marking the early foundation of the worldwide colonization better known as the New World. The dawn of marginalization and colonization
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subverting and destroying every aspect of the Indian way of life. The Aztecs attempted to befriend the Spanish explorers‚ but when Hernan Cortez heard his capitol of Vera Cruz had been plundered‚ he capture and killed their leader Montezuma II. The Incas didn’t fare any better. Francisco Pizarro‚ driven mad with greed‚ kidnapped the Incan king‚ Atahualpa and forced his people to pay an outrageous ransom of gold before executing him. Soon after these tragic events‚ the Spanish set up encomienda‚ a system
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Nuclear Disasters and Accidents Introduction: One of the scariest things about nuclear power is when something goes wrong and an accident occurs. Radiation is released into the environment and people get hurt. Two of the most famous nuclear accidents occurred at the Three Mile Island reactor 2 in the United States and the Chernobyl reactor 4 in the former Soviet Union. In this text we will discuss these two disasters‚ along with correcting a few common misconceptions about nuclear accidents. The
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One reason the Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztec and Inca Empire rapidly is that 1. These empires had no standing armies 2. The Spanish had better weapons than the Aztecs and Incas did 3. The Spanish greatly outnumbered the Aztecs and Incas 4. The Aztec and Incas joined together to fight the Spanish Which was a major political change in Latin America in the 19th century? 1. The political power of the Roman Catholic Church has eliminated. 2. The right to vote was extended to all
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River and is on the ridge between two prominent mountain peaks Machu Picchu and Hauyna Picchu about 500 meters above the valley bottom (Wright and Kenneth‚ 2-3). Machu Picchu‚ believed to be the royal estate of the Inca ruler Pachacuti‚ is the most well-known of all the Inca archaeological sites. Professor Hiram Bingham discovered the site in July of 1911 and excavated it with the help of National Geographic and Yale University (Bingham‚ "The Story of Machu Picchu‚" 172). When Professor Bingham
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I will know defend the claim that evil is a degree of wrong‚ as well as how it isn’t qualitatively distinct. Eve Garrard argues that evil is the intent to create harm as well as how silence plays a role in this. However‚ philosopher Luke Russell‚ discusses how‚ “Garrard‚ refuses to modify her account by adding the condition that evil actions must be harmful” (). Russell later states that extreme harm doesn’t have to be a contributor of evil. In a sense‚ it has been there but it not always is. This
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in his textbook‚ A History of Latin America‚ as a "handful of Spaniards" conquering two of the largest empires in Latin America. Now‚ it is true that in comparison to the multiplicity of diverse groups of Native Americans within both the Aztec and Inca empires‚ the number of Spaniards who conquered them were indeed very few in number. However‚ despite the framework of this concept being true that a "handful of Spaniards won two empires‚" which is stated within the title of a section in Keen’s textbook
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The Columbian Exchange was a widespread exchange of animals‚ plants‚ culture‚ human populations (including slaves)‚ communicable disease‚ technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492.[1]:163 The term was coined in 1972 by Alfred W. Crosby‚ a historian at the University of Texas at Austin‚ in his eponymous work of environmental history.[2][3]:27 The contact between the two areas circulated a wide variety
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