Lapu lapu Lapu-Lapu (floruit-1521) was a ruler of Mactan‚ an island in the Visayas‚ Philippines‚ who is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted the Spanish colonization. He was also responsible for the death of Portuguese Explorer Ferdinand Magellan.[1] He is now regarded‚ retroactively‚ as the first Filipino hero.[2][3] He is also known under the names Çilapulapu‚[4] Si Lapulapu‚[5] Salip Pulaka‚[6][note 1] and Kali Pulako (alternatively spelled as Cali Pulaco)‚[7] though
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Conquest of Mexico and Peru “How did small groups of Spaniards‚ which initially numbered only a few hundred men‚ conquer the Aztec and the Incan empires that had populations in the millions‚ large armies‚ and militarist traditions of their own? (Keen and Haynes 68). Many modern day scholars express how easily the Spanish conquered both Mexico and Peru from great leaders such as the Aztec ruler Moctezuma and the Incan emperor Atahualpa. In order to understand how this conquest was accomplished
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The video “The True Costs Of Growing Soy in Southern America”‚ and this week’s reading “A Land in Flames”‚ show the damage on local communities and land from growing soy. In South America‚ forests are destroyed and people are relocated in order to make farms to grow soy that is then sent to Europe to feed animals. The video shows an indigenous community in Paraguay being interviewed‚ and to them deforestation is nothing but an invasion that takes away their necessities. In just Paraguay‚ almost three
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across the strait of Gibraltar in 703 A.D. They conquered the Spanish kingdom and the region that is now called Portugal The army was finally defeated at the Battle of Tours in 732 A.D. The battlefield was located in north central France‚ between Tours and Poitiers. The Muslim defeat caused the spread of Islam to be temporarily halted. The victorious Franks were led by their king‚ Charles Martel. The Muslim army at this time was on a conquest throughout the western world and had already swept through
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The Conquest of Happiness (London; Allen & Unwin‚ 1930): Full Text Preface This book is not addressed to the learned‚ or to those who regard a practical problem merely as something to be talked about. No profound philosophy or deep erudition will be found in the follwing pages. I have aimed only at putting together some remarks which are inspired by what I hope is common sense. All that I claim for the recipes offered to the reader is that they are such as are confirmed by my own experience and
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Hernán Cortés was for the most part responsible for the conquest of the Mexicans. He was Spanish conquistador who pursued to gain wealth and admiration. “…to investigate rumors of a fabulously wealthy kingdom somewhere in the interior of the mainland.” (American Promise‚ pg. 34) Cortes and his army were welcomed and were given gold. Consequently‚ Spaniards’ greed grew‚ and Cortés took Montezuma captive‚ then murdering him. “Cortes took Montezuma hostage and held him under house arrest‚ hoping to
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This idea of passing cultural ideas is witnessed with Spanish encounter of the Spanish with the Inca civilizations of Latin America. This cultural integration was a heavy component to how Guaman Poma was able to elevate and argue the status of Inca descendants in Spanish Colonial America‚ which is clearly exhibited in Guaman Poma’s First New Chronicle. The first task is understanding who Guaman Poma is. Guaman Poma was born in the Spanish colonial system around the 1550’s‚ and was raised by parents
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epidemic killed a lot of people because so many people were infected. It had killed thousands of people during the Plague of Athens because of typhus. It was spreading throughout places because of the infected rat and mice. It was later spread to South America afterward. Some of the symptoms of typhus are backache‚ headache‚ muscle pain‚ and it also causes a red rash at the center of the chest few hours after infection. It also causes low blood pressure. There are also ways to prevent getting typhus
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Outline and discuss the main factors contributing to the movements of independence in Spanish America. The main factors contributing to the movements of independence in Spanish America can be seen to be influenced by international and domestic events‚ together with economic and socio-political conditions. These themes will be examined in considerable detail in this essay‚ together with the historical background which provides the foundation stone on which all movements of independence find their
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just so I can read an essay Spanish (español)‚ also called Castilian[3] (castellano About this sound listen (help·info))‚ is a Romance language that originated in Castile‚ a region of Spain. Approximately 406 million people speak Spanish as a native language‚ making it second only to Mandarin in terms of its number of native speakers worldwide.[1][2] It also has 60 million speakers as a second language‚[2] and 20 million students as a foreign language.[4] Spanish is one of the six official languages
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