In the book "Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚" Jared Diamond attempts to describe the history of mankind for the past 13‚000 years. In chapter 3‚ of this book‚ Diamond discusses the conquest of the New World by the Spanish. He goes into specific details of how Pizarro captures Atahuallpa‚ holds him hostage for 8 months and then‚ after receiving the ransom‚ from the Incas‚ had him executed. One of the questions that Diamond addresses is why the Spanish were successful in conquering the Incas‚ instead of
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It is often argued that Incan architecture is the most significant and outstanding pre-Columbian architecture in South America. The famous royal estate of Machu Picchu is a surviving example of the illicit and amazing Inca architecture to go along with other significant sites that include Sacsayhuaman and Ollantaytambo. The Incas also are known for developing an extensive road system that spanned most of the western length of the entire South American continent. Inca Architecture is a common topic
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capital of the Spanish Caribbean a. Taino conscripted to mine gold b. Encomiendas: land grants to Spanish settlers with total control over local people c. Brutal abuses plus smallpox brought decline of Taino populations B. The conquest of Mexico and Peru 1. Hernan Cortés a. Aztec and Inca societies wealthier‚ more complex than Caribbean societies b. With 450 men‚ Cortés conquered the Aztec empire‚ 1519-1521 c. Tribal resentment against the Mexica helped Cortés d. Epidemic disease (smallpox) also aided
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The Essence of Being Women and Native. When human beings are uprooted from their ancestral lineage‚ their work‚ social relationships‚ marriage‚ parenting‚ and religion change. The breakage occurs not only at social and economic level‚ but internal as well‚ because of an immense effort made to overcome a strong internal crisis. In general native women used to enjoy great influence and respect from their community. The transformations native woman from Huron and Ojibwa experienced impacted them
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By doing so‚ the Incans had extended their empire along to approximately the length of Western South America. The Inca Empire grew huge in amazingly short time‚ less than100 years‚ from a small area in south central Peru to a vast region encompassing all of modern day Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Ecuador and parts of what is now Colombia‚ Argentina and Chile (Ziegler‚ 2003). The Inca Empire had become one of the largest empires in the world at that time. Due to the complexity and topographical
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Peru Peruvian Culture The Nazca people were the architects of the Awesomeness that is the Nazca lines. The lines are a series of drawings across over 50 miles of the southern Peruvian desert‚ called geoglyphs. They are sort of like hyrogliphs but massive These drawings include the famous monkey‚ spider‚ bird‚ and waving human figure‚ as well as several other smaller lines and drawings. The drawings are huge‚ large enough that they can only be made out vaguely from viewing towers. They are best
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Christina Miranda Thomas Santos Luke Brown Cesar Santiago Ariel Hallums One Pager The Origin and Spread of Agriculture: Hunters and Gatherers~ ● Humans first sustained themselves as hunters & gatherers ● Hunters were responsible for killing and capturing animal and using their hunt for food‚ clothing‚ or tools; Gatherers were learned how to tell which plants or fruits were edible ● Early technology consisted of shaping stones into tools and weapons for hunt ● Mostly nomadic societies
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the cold earth. After death‚ the common people were buried‚ whereas the respected were mummified. Sacrifices were often made after natural disasters in hopes to appease angry gods. With Spanish conquest came the end of Inca religion and the start of Peru Catholicism. Much like the Day of the Dead celebrated by Mexico‚ the Inca believe in two kinds of deaths (Incan Religion). The death of your body is your biological death in which you leave the vessel that will be buried. The other death is spiritual
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Picchu is a protected site as well as a travel destination. GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION Machu Picchu is in south-central Peru‚ 75 km northwest of Cuzco in the highest part of the eastern Andes‚ sited on a narrow ridge 650m above the Rio Urubamba‚ an upper tributary of the Amazon‚ at 13°10’19” to 13°14’00”S by 72°30’05” to 72°34’33”W. LAND TENURE The Republic of Peru‚ Department of Cuzco (Peruvian Delegation to UNESCO‚
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I was to conquer the southern territory of Peru and establish a spanish province there. Along with my brothers‚ I traveled there where I found the Incas‚ I couldn’t of got there at a better time! The incas were torn in a civil war to see who would become king next. Atahualpa‚ son of the former king
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