He got permission from the Queen to subdue Peru and become the governor. When Pizarro arrived in Peru the empire was already falling apart‚ he also made the situation worse by bringing disease with him. Pizarro wanted to meet with the ruler of the Inca who was Atahualpa. He sent his captain‚ Hernando de Soto to meet with him‚ he also sent a horse with his captain‚ this would impress and surprise Atahualpa‚ since he had never seen one before. Atahualpa was convinced and decided to
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Francisco Pizarro was not the most pleasant person to be around. He had many accomplishments but not the nicest guy in the world. Pizarro was a Spanish explorer and Conquistador. He did an abundant amount of expeditions and went out to sea with other explorers. Pizarro‚ as an explorer discovered many thing people know today. He founded the city of Lima‚ also the Pacific Ocean just to name a few. Francisco Pizarro is famous for conquering the Incan Empire. Pizarro was born in Trujillo Spain in 1478
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Unit 5 Essay Many great achievements that the mayans had were great ideas that later would influence the aztecs to use these tactics in their civilization. A achievement that the aztecs had was that their were able to create their own solar calendar just like ares that lasted 365 days. Another achievement that the Mayans had was that they had their own understanding of mathematics that is just like are but‚ instead of the number ten for being their place value number theirs was number twenty
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document 5 shows how the roads that Inca made were the most extensive and advanced transportation system ever seen before the Columbian South America. Extending for thousands of miles and having hundreds of branches the road system made the communication and transportation between the cities easier. The irrigation system is perhaps one of the most impressing of any of the ones ever seen. In document 4‚ Garcilazo de la Vega describes the cleverness of the Inca by building this system. He explains
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Francisco Pizarro Spanish Class Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo‚ Extremadura‚ Spain‚ in 1475 and passed away on June 26‚ 1541. He was a conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire and founded the city of Lima‚ Peru. This is why he was best known as the Spaniard who conquered the Incas. He was the son of Gonzalo Pizarro Rodríguez de Aguilar (senior) who as colonel of infantry. His mother was Francisca González Mateos‚ a poor woman from Trujillo. His parents never got married; he was brought
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adobe houses built of sun dried bricks. Eventhough‚ most of the Indians were scattered in small villages there were three groups that built large civilizations before the white man came. In Central and South America‚ the Mayas‚ the Aztecs‚ and the Incas lived in large cities and developed many skills. The Pre-Columbian era was a time that Indians or Indegenous cultures flourished to maintain there traditions. The Mayan civilization‚ located in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and in Guatemala flourished
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the sick and to help protect their herds‚ crops‚ families‚ and/or homes. During the ceremonies they sing songs which include a Blessingway Song. The song brings a blessing for a happy and long life. It I also used to bless new marriages. However‚ the Inca culture was directed by a great coordinated priesthood and engaged on honoring royal ancestors as well as gods. The priests relied on fortune-telling to answer all types of phenomenon’s‚ from analyzing sickness to deciding who’s innocence or guilty
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limited. * Mori from New Zealand were fierce warriors because of dense population‚ so they had to compete for agricultural societies. 3. What elements led to the conquest of the Incas by Pizarro? What advantages did Pizarro have that the Incas did not? If it had been the other way around‚ would the Incas have invaded Spain? * Sophisticated weapons * Superior oceans going ships * Superior political organization of European states * Superior knowledge of human behavior
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Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures The story of Rangi & Papa and Viracocha Leah E. Johnson University of Phoenix HUM/105 World Mythology Instructor: Kristen McQuinn July 21‚ 2013 Reading the various stories of how the world came to be is absolutely enthralling and totally captivating. One can lose hours reading story after story‚ especially since even each individual creation myth can have many various telling of the same story depending on region and individual tribes in a certain
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built well-organized cities and developed a writing system based on pictures. The Incas‚ in particular‚ were uniquely impressive. Just as any empire‚ the Incas needed to standardize the necessities‚ such as language and trade. Accomplishing this could have been a tedious task‚ for the Incan Empire stretched over 12‚000 miles in the Andes Mountains. To enhance transportation speed‚ of both items and ideas‚ the Incas created roads and rope bridges subsequently creating an ease of access to the rest
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