Cortes and Pizarro easily conquered the Aztecs and Incas. How far do you agree with this statement? Many people tried to conquer places in the past. Cortes and Pizarro both succeeded. Together they were the most famous conquistadors‚ they went barefoot and came back from their expedition multi-millionaires. They were extremely lucky which made things easier. Cortes and Pizarro were both at the right place at the right time. For Cortes‚ Montezuma thought that Cortes was the God Quetzalcoatl
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When I was a little girl and I would have a terrible temper‚ my great-grandmother would always tell me‚ "Si sigues asi te voy a dejar afuera para que el Chupacabra te coma‚" which translates to "If you keep it up I will leave you outside so that the Chupacabra can eat you." The Chupacabra myth is well-known in Puerto Rico since the myth originated there in the 1990s. You can ask anyone about the Chupacabra in the streets of Puerto Rico and they will talk your ear off about the beast. The name “Chupacabra”
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Sapa is a famous town that surrounded by vertical rice terraces‚ mountain peaks‚ and waterfalls. The common transportation in Sapa are trains‚ cars‚ buses‚ and motorbikes. This region has not faced a mass amount of deforestation of trees or fields for the construction of buildings‚ hotels or houses. People visit this area because of the untouched natural beauty. However‚ nowadays‚ tourism has forced Sapa to be developed to adapt the tourism culture by changing their environment. There are few main
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TASK My Impressions of Sapa My recent trip to Sapa in 2012 brought unforgettable impressions in my mind. Sapa made me surprised by the climate‚ the scenery‚ the people and the activities. Sapa was a small‚ quiet and poetic town in Northwest of Viet Nam. The climate was cool and fresh all year‚ there were four seasons (spring‚ summer‚ autumn and winter) on a day in Sapa. Because of that perfect weather‚ Sapa was a wonderful place to relax. There were much scenic beauty in Sapa such as Ham Rong Mountain
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in most history books. The author being the “son of Manco Inca Yupanqui‚ natural lord of … Peru” (Yupanqui 3)‚ recounts the story of Spanish conquest and colonization of Peru from the perspective of the Inca people mainly during the decline of his father Manco Inca’s last days of rule in his country and shortly thereafter. While a recount of this time period would most certainly include and highlight the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire‚ the translator of Cusi’s work Catherine Julien argues
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The Incas religion the Inca civilisation was a colony of millions and stayed that way because of their religion and the name inca came from a king he was descended from inti the sun god Competing gods + christianinity The most powerful god of the Inca religion was Viracocha he was believed the creator of the universe the Inca are more closely associated with Viracocha’s most god Inti the sun god The Inca leader Pachacuti the patron god of the Incas sacred city Cuzco‚ and erected a magnificent Temple
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1. The Inca empire spread over a small portion of land to the north in modern-day Ecuador and in parts of Peru. At its height‚ the Inca Empire included Peru and Bolivia‚ most of what is now Ecuador‚ a large portion of what is today Chile north of the Maule River in central Chile.The geography was rugged - Andes mountains‚ the coastline deserts‚ and the Amazon jungle. 2. A part of the Inca is adopted ideas and Institutions that had been pioneered by earlier cultures. two peoples who had especially
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Back a few thousands of years ago‚ there were 3 well known groups that settled down in Mesoamerica and Central America called the Inca‚ Maya‚ and Aztec. All three groups had their own rules and ways of living that were priorities for most that lived in the cities. Although some traits about the three groups are similar‚ there are also some differences too. Starting with the Maya‚ they settled in Mesoamerica in 2000 B.C when they were still in the preclassic time period. The capital of the Mayan civilization
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Video Questions/ Answers Episode 1 Name: Cindy Liu Per______ Jared Diamond has a theory about what causes huge discrepancies among different countries‚ and he says it boils down to geographic luck. What was great about the “Fertile Crescent”? The big four livestock animals; cows‚ pigs‚ sheep‚ and goats‚ were native to the Middle East. Also‚ due to its fertile land‚ the Fertile Crescent housed the best crops in the world. The great crops and animals it had benefited the civilizations
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Aztecs: Incas At the time the Spaniards arrived to the New World they found different Indian civilizations with many similitude and differences. In Mexico the Spaniards found a very stable empire called the Aztecs; the Aztec empire controlled a region stretching from the Valley of Mexico in central Mexico east to the Gulf of Mexico and south to Guatemala. The Aztec built great cities and developed a complex social‚ political‚ and religious structure. Spaniards found another Indian civilization
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